Memet Belyalov
Memet Belyalov, born 1989, 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 second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai”. Sentence (September 15, 2020): 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 11, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Karelia. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 3, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 28, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Human rights defenders · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
18 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld March 14, 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 organising the activities of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell.
Latest event
March 14, 2022 — 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, April 3, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 28, 2018
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· 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 second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai
Criminal case
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai
Other defendants in the case
- Marlen Asanov — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Server Zekiryaev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Timur Ibragimov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Server Mustafayev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Seiran Saliev — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Edem Smailov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Bakhchisarai case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
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Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Karelia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
185012, Республика Карелия, г. Петрозаводск, р-н Птицефабрика, ул. Южная Промзона, 1 стр. 3, ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Республике Карелия», Белялов Мемет Решатович, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 October 2017, he was detained following a search and charged with participation in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation. He was placed under arrest on 12 October. In February 2019, he was additionally charged with preparing to violently seize power. In March, it became known that the initial charge had been reclassified as organising the activities of a terrorist organisation.
On 16 September 2020, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.