Vilyur Baisuakov
Vilyur Baisuakov, born 1983, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak”. Sentence (May 11, 2016): Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 5, 2019.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Baymak, Sterlitamak · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
5 years
Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld August 3, 2016
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Latest event
April 22, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, August 11, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 5, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak
Other defendants in the case
- Rustam Zainullin — At large, 6 years
- Almaz Karimov — At large, 5 years
- Airat Mustaev — At large, 5 years
- Ruslan Ryskulov — At large, 6 years
Thematic group: Sterlitamak "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case
Details and sources
Full summary
In April 2015, he was detained after a search and arrested together with four others on charges of participation in the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir; charged with participation in the activities of an extremist (Article 282.2, Part 2) and terrorist organisation (Article 205.5, Part 2). On 12 May 2016, he was sentenced to five years in prison. He was released in April 2020.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.