Ilshat Battalov
Ilshat Battalov, born 1986, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Ilshat Battalov's case”. Sentence (February 1, 2018): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 23, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Ryazan Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 11, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, February 27, 2018.
In brief
Sentence
17 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld June 18, 2018
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
June 18, 2018 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 11, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 27, 2018
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Ilshat Battalov's case
Criminal case
Ilshat Battalov's case
Thematic group: Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Ryazan Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
391825, Рязанская область, Скопинский район, пос. Клекотки, р-н Скопинский, ул Новая, д. 1, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Рязанской области», Батталов Ильшат Нэлевич, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
In March 2016, he was detained following a search and arrested the next day on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 2 February 2018, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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