Rafael Fattakhov
Rafael Fattakhov, born 1980, Bashkortostan. 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); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (July 29, 2018): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 6, 2015; place of detention: Penal colony No. 18, Mordovia. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
22 years
13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld September 20, 2020
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
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, and was preparing for a forcible seizure of power
Latest event
September 20, 2020 — 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, May 3, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 25, 2016
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 22 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 persecuted 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 Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
The case of the twenty-one
Criminal case
The case of the twenty-one
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Akhmetov — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Fanis Akhmetshin — At large, 11 years
- Linar Vakhitov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rustem Galliamov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ilgiz Gimaletdinov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Azamat Kaiumov — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Alexander Kornev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Rustem Latypov — At large, 8 years
- Radmir Maksutov — At large, 10 years
- Farid Mustafaev — At large, 11 years
- Khalil Mustafin — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Rinat Nurlygaianov — Imprisoned, 24 years
- Artur Salimov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Irek Tagirov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Aramis Fazylov — At large, 5 years
- Danis Faizrakhmanov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ruslan Fattakhov — At large, 10 years
- Rustem Khamzin — Imprisoned, 23 years
- Shamil Sharipov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ural Iakupov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 18, Mordovia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
431100, Республика Мордовия, Зубово-Полянский район, п. Потьма, ул. Красноармейская, д. 10, ИК-18, ФКУ «ИК № 18 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия», Фаттахов Рафаэль Раулевич, 1980 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On February 4, 2015, he was detained, along with 30 other suspects, for their alleged involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was subsequently arrested on charges related to participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. In January 2016, additional charges were filed against him, accusing him of preparation of a forcible seizure of power. On July 30, 2018, he received a 22-year sentence 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
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.