Arsen Jepparov
Arsen Jepparov, born 1991, 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 Yalta”. Sentence (November 11, 2019): Seven years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony with restriction of liberty for one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, October 2, 2019; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 11, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Yalta · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
7 years
Seven years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony with restriction of liberty for one year
Upheld February 15, 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 preparations for a violent seizure of power
Latest event
April 17, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, October 2, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 11, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 28, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· 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 case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta
Other defendants in the case
- Muslim Aliyev — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Refat Alimov — At large, 8 years
- Inver Bekirov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Emir-Usein Kuku — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Vadim Siruk — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Yalta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Details and sources
Full summary
On 18 April 2016, detained after a search, interrogated by the FSB and the next day sent under arrest on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation ("Hizb ut-Tahrir"). On 12 November 2019, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony. He was released on 17 April 2023.
On 26 September 2023, Dzhepparov was detained, but was released at night after a questioning at the Centre for Countering Extremism.
Sources (3)
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.