October 20, 2026, 5:07 PMRSSRU

Aramis Fazylov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Aramis Fazylov, born 1991, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (July 29, 2018): Five years' imprisonment 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, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.

In brief

Bashkortostan · Ufa · Shop assistants · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

5 years

Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony

Verdict July 29, 2018

Upheld September 20, 2020

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation

Latest event

July 21, 2022 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 5 years

  4. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  5. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  6. · 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

Criminal case

The case of the twenty-one

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained on the 4th of February 2015, 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 a terrorist organization. He initially pleaded guilty, was then placed under house arrest, and later released on a recognizance not to leave. On the 30th of July 2018, he received a five-year sentence in a general regime penal facility. He was eventually released in July 2022.

In November 2012, Fazylov was also detained in connection with a criminal case related to his association with Hizb ut-Tahrir.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Russia
Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.

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