Rustem Emiruseinov
Rustem Emiruseinov, born 1979, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Krasnogvardeisk district”. Sentence (November 2, 2020): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 15, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Tver Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 5, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 27, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld October 31, 2021
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
October 31, 2021 — 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, February 5, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, March 27, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· 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 Krasnogvardeisk district
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Krasnogvardeisk district
Other defendants in the case
- Eskender Abdulganiev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Arsen Abkhairov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: The case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Krasnogvardeyskiy District
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Tver Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
171982, Тверская область, г. Бежецк, ул. Новая, 60 а, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Тверской области», Эмирусеинов Рустем Решатович, 1979 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 14 February 2019, detained in Krasnogvardeiskii district of Crimea and the next day taken into custody by court decision on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir". On 3 November 2020, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony. On 16 April 2021, the court of appeal returned the case to the first instance court to eliminate procedural errors. On 1 November, the sentence was confirmed.
In February 2024, it became known that the court refused to count Emiruseinov's time spent in custody before the sentence came into force as part of his time in prison.
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