Rishat Gataullin
Rishat Gataullin, born 1972, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Rishat Gataullin and Rinat Mamaev”. Sentence (March 8, 2017): four 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 · Engineers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
4 years
four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
First instance, December 27, 2016: 4 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
March 9, 2021 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 3, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 25, 2016
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 4 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· 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 Rishat Gataullin and Rinat Mamaev
Criminal case
The case of Rishat Gataullin and Rinat Mamaev
Other defendants in the case
- Rinat Mamaev — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects for participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization; pleaded guilty, transferred to house arrest. On 28 December 2016, he was sentenced to four and a half years' suspended sentence. On 9 March 2017, the Supreme Court commuted the suspended sentence to four years in a general regime colony. He was released on February 2019.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.