October 21, 2026, 6:49 AMRSSRU

Sergey Derzhipilsky

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Sergey Derzhipilsky, born 1996, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Kazan”. Sentence (February 4, 2020): Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 15, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 46, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 17, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 8, 2019.

In brief

Tatarstan · Kazan · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

16 years

Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony

Verdict February 4, 2020

Upheld May 30, 2021

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the organisation of the cell's activities, held secret meetings

Latest event

May 30, 2021 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 16 years

  3. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan

Criminal case

The case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Kazan

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Write a letter

Facility: Penal colony No. 46, Sverdlovsk Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

624192, Свердловская область, г. Невьянск, ул. Долгих, д. 81, ИК-46, ФКУ «ИК № 46 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области», Держипильский Сергей Степанович, 1996 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Kazan. On 14 March 2017, detained after a search and then arrested on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.

On 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.

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Sources (2)

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