Asan Dursunov
Asan Dursunov, born 1981, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Asan Dursunov’s case of participation in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion”. Sentence (November 15, 2023): 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 25, 2023; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 18, 2024.
In brief
Sentence
3 years 6 months
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan in the territory of Ukraine.
Latest event
December 18, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 18, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Asan Dursunov’s case of participation in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion
Criminal case
Asan Dursunov’s case of participation in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion
Thematic group: The case of the three of involvement in the activities of the Noman Chelebijihan Battalion
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
275502, Херсонская область, Генический район, с. Чонгар, ул. Тараса Шевченко, д. 66, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Херсонской области, Дурсунов Асан Ебришевич, 1981 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Genicheskiy district, Kherson region of Ukraine. On 3 May 2023, he was detained, and on 25 May he was taken into custody on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation. According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion. Human rights activists believe that by the time Dursunov joined the battalion, according to the investigation, this formation was no longer functioning. On 16 November 2023, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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