Vadim Bektemirov
Vadim Bektemirov, born 1981, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Vadim Bektemirov`s case”. Sentence (February 10, 2022): 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 8, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 7, 2021.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Religious figures · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld June 12, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
He was a member of a cell of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami. He engaged in anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called "world caliphate," aimed at dismantling the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the current authorities.
Latest event
June 12, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 7, 2021
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· 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
Vadim Bektemirov`s case
Criminal case
Vadim Bektemirov`s case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
190000, Санкт-Петербург, Грузовой проезд, 7, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области», Бектемиров Вадим Заидинович, 1981 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained on July 7, 2020, and taken into custody the following day on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. On February 11, 2022, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime prison colony. In December 2023, Bektemirov reported that he was beaten upon arrival at the colony.
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