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- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 13 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-01-10
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Simferopol
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Камчатскому краю»
- Address for letters
- 683006, Камчатский край, г. Петропавловск – Камчатский, ул. Вулканная, д.70, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Камчатскому краю», Газиев Сервет Абдураимович, 1960 г.р.
Case summary
Crimean Solidarity activist. He was detained on 27 March, 2019, after a search and placed in custody the same day, accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Initially held in a pre-trial detention centre in Russia’s Rostov region, he was later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it emerged that Gaziev was also being accused of plotting to overthrow the constitutional order.
In June 2021, it became known that Gaziev had suffered a minor stroke, but authorities allegedly refused to hospitalise him. He was eventually admitted to hospital in the autumn of 2021, but according to his lawyer, he was beaten shortly before his discharge.
On 11 January, 2023, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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