Azamat Eyupov
Azamat Eyupov, born 1963, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing 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); “Azamat Eyupov's case”. Sentence (July 19, 2022): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 17, 2021. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 25, 2021.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Belogorsk · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony
Upheld May 25, 2023
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing 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 organising the activities of a terrorist organisation; participated in the organisation and preparation of a violent overthrow of the constitutional order
Latest event
May 25, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 25, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Azamat Eyupov's case
· 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
Azamat Eyupov's case
Thematic group: Belogorsk "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case
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Full summary
On 17 February 2021, he was detained and taken into custody on the same day on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection with terrorism. In May 2022, Eyupov's cellmate told his lawyer that he was showing signs of a stroke or microstroke - his left leg and arm were not functioning properly and he was unable to move around his cell.
On 19 July 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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