Jebbar Bekirov
Jebbar Bekirov, born 1970, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (May 31, 2023): 17 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 17, 2021; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 6, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 6, 2022.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld November 20, 2023
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for a violent seizure of power
Latest event
November 20, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 6, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
Criminal case
The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Case number
- 1-19/2023 (1-83/2022;)
Other defendants in the case
- Zavur Abdullaev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Rustem Murasov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Rustem Tairov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Second Sevastopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 6, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
188508, г. Санкт-Петербург, Ломоносовский р-н, пос. Горелово, ул. Заречная, д. 22, ФКУ СИЗО-6 ГУФСИН России по г. Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области ("Горелово"), Бекиров Джеббар Сейранович, 1970 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Sevastopol (the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea). On 17 August 2021, Bekirov's home was searched. He was detained and interrogated, after which the court decided to take him into custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation. The reason was his alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Human rights activists believe that the banning of this party as a terrorist organisation had no grounds. However, this decision gave grounds for the prosecution of hundreds of residents of the Russian Federation and Crimea as terrorists solely on the basis of party activities: meetings, study of literature, involvement of new supporters. On 31 May 2023, Bekirov was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.