Aidar Faizullin
Aidar Faizullin, born 1985, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Dyurtulin case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"”. Sentence (June 9, 2015): Five years two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 17, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 8, 2016.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Dyurtyuli · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
5 years 2 months
Five years two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in the Dyurtulinsky district of Bashkortostan, involving parishioners of local mosques in the organisation by showing them "extremist videos and literature based on psychological influence and manipulation techniques".
Latest event
May 16, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, August 17, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 8, 2016
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 2 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Dyurtulin case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Criminal case
Dyurtulin case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Other defendants in the case
- Ruslan Asylov — At large, 6 years 4 months
- Rustam Gabdullin — At large, 5 years 2 months
- Rustam Galimkhanov — At large, 5 years 2 months
- Gazim Kutluyarov — At large, 6 years 4 months
- Ilgiz Salakhov — At large, 10 years 6 months
- Ilshat Salimov — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Shamil Khusniyarov — At large, 6 years 4 months
Thematic group: Dyurtulin case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Details and sources
Full summary
On 25 February 2014, he was detained, questioned in the case about the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Bashkortostan, after which he was released. In early March, he was interrogated again, then arrested. On 10 June 2015, he was sentenced to five years and two months in a general regime colony. He was released in May 2019.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.