Ramilya Galim (Saitova)
Ramilya Galim (Saitova), born 1966, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; “The case of Ramilya Saitova (Galim) on incitement to activities against state security”. Sentence (December 22, 2023): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 17, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 32, Perm Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 5, 2024.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Entrepreneurs · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld April 2, 2024
Charges
Full wording of the charges
The case was initiated over a YouTube video in which Saitova urged mobilised men to refuse to take part in hostilities, to declare their unwillingness to kill, and to desert.
Latest event
April 5, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 5, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· 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 Ramilya Saitova (Galim) on incitement to activities against state security
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of Ramilya Saitova (Galim) on incitement to activities against state security
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 32, Perm Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
614031 Пермский край, г. Пермь, ул. Докучаева, д. 27, ФКУ «ИК № 32 ГУФСИН России по Пермскому краю», Галим Рамиля Хамитьяновна, 1966 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
An activist who took part in protests to protect the Kushtau shihan in Bashkortostan.
In November 2021, Saitova was sentenced to three years in prison under the article on public calls for extremist activity (Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code) for aggressive statements in a video on her YouTube channel directed against Orthodox churches and Armenians. In the summer of 2022, Saitova was released.
Later, a new case was opened against Saitova on charges of calling for activities aimed against the security of the Russian Federation. The activist was taken into custody. On December 22, 2023, Saitova was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
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