Dilyaver Gafarov
Dilyaver Gafarov, born 1996, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Case of Dilyaver Gafarov on participation in the activities of the "Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan"”. Sentence (June 16, 2020): 9 years 10 months' deprivation of liberty with restriction of liberty for one year. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 1, 2018; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Stavropol Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 31, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Islam Terek (Kirovske settlement) · Service workers
Sentence
9 years 10 months
deprivation of liberty with restriction of liberty for one year
First instance, August 27, 2019: 10 years
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
The investigation accused Dilyaver Gafarov of involvement in the activities of the "Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan", which Russia considers an illegal armed formation. The accusation was based on the testimony of witnesses who allegedly saw Gafarov in the battalion's location.
Latest event
January 31, 2023 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 31, 2023
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Cassation ruling
sentence changed · 9 years 10 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 years
· Persecution begins
Case of Dilyaver Gafarov on participation in the activities of the "Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan"
· 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
Case of Dilyaver Gafarov on participation in the activities of the "Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan"
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Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Stavropol Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
357000, Ставропольский край, с. Кочубеевское, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Ставропольскому краю», Гафаров Дилявер Алимович, 1996 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Dilyaver Gafarov was detained on 30 October 2018 immediately after a search at his home in Crimea.
Prior to that, according to the documents and his own testimony, in 2016 Gafarov left the territory of Crimea for Ukraine (according to the investigation, to participate in an illegal armed formation, according to the version of the accused - to work as a hairdresser in Kyiv), and in February 2018 he decided to return home to Crimea together with his wife.
The investigation accused Gafarov of involvement in the activities of the "Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan", which Russia considers an illegal armed formation. At the time of the prosecution, the battalion had apparently not been functioning for a long time.
The Crimean Tatar was taken into custody. On 28 August 2019, Gafarov was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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