Ilfat Galimov
Ilfat Galimov, born 1986, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The 6th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk”. Sentence (May 26, 2021): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Omsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 29, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 14, 2020.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Mechanics · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld July 20, 2022
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
He participated in a meeting with Vadim Khabirov, a Hizb ut-Tahrir member recently released from a colony, which took place at the home of Rais Shamsutdinov. He promoted Hizb ut-Tahrir’s ideas in conversations with a protected witness and handed over printed materials.
Latest event
July 20, 2022 — cassation
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, December 29, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 14, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The 6th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Criminal case
The 6th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Other defendants in the case
- Rustam Khalikov — Deceased, 12 years
Thematic group: The sixth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Chelyabinsk
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Omsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
644027, г.Омск, ул.27-я Линия, д.47 «А», ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Омской области», Галимов Илфат Миратович, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 26 November 2019, he was detained in Ozersk (Chelyabinsk region) on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation, due to his alleged association with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not linked to terrorism. He was taken into custody in Chelyabinsk. On 27 May 2021, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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