Aider Japparov
Aider Japparov, born 1980, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in 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 Belogorsk”. Sentence (January 11, 2021): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 10, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 21, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 1, 2020.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Zuya settlement · Engineers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld March 8, 2022
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in 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 activities of a terrorist organisation and in preparations for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order.
Latest event
March 8, 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, June 21, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 1, 2020
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Belogorsk
· 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
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Belogorsk
Other defendants in the case
- Riza Omerov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Enver Omerov — Imprisoned, 18 years
Thematic group: Belogorsk "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
165651, Архангельская область, г. Коряжма, Магистральное шоссе, 101, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Архангельской области», Джаппаров Айдер Энверович, 1980 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 10 June 2019, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation. In February 2020, Japparov was charged with preparing for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order.
On 12 January 2021, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.