Inver Bekirov
Inver Bekirov, born 1963, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. 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 case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta”. Sentence (November 11, 2019): Eighteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with one year non-custodial sentence. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 12, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan. Recognition: Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, October 2, 2019; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 11, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Yalta · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
18 years
Eighteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with one year non-custodial sentence
Upheld February 15, 2022
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
Participated in the organisation of Hizb ut-Tahrir activities in Crimea and in preparations for a violent seizure of power; participated in a meeting at which the possibility of Crimea joining a Muslim country that would declare war on Russia was discussed; was a judge of a Sharia court set up by the cell.
Latest event
February 15, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, October 2, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 11, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 28, 2018
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· 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
· 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 Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta
Other defendants in the case
- Muslim Aliyev — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Refat Alimov — At large, 8 years
- Arsen Jepparov — At large, 7 years
- Emir-Usein Kuku — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Vadim Siruk — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Yalta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
453256 Республика Башкортостан, г. Салават, станция Южная, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Бекиров Инвер Небиевич, 1963 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 11 February 2016 during mass searches and detentions in Crimea. He was arrested on suspicion of participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned as a terrorist organisation. On 13 January 2017, Bekirov was also charged with preparation for a violent seizure of power.
On 21 August 2018, the North Caucasus District Military Court, which was considering the case of Bekirov and the other five alleged participants of the "Yalta cell" of Hizb ut-Tahrir, decided to return the case to the prosecutor's office because, according to the court, Bekirov's charge does not correspond to the gravity of the act: he is named as a participant of the organisation, while the court believes that Bekirov was one of the organisers of the cell. Bekirov was reclassified from participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation to organisation of such activities, after which the case returned to the court.
On 12 November 2019, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.
Sources (3)
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.