Servet Gaziev
Servet Gaziev, born 1960, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov”. Sentence (January 10, 2023): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, followed by one year and six months of restricted liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 1, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Kamchatka Krai. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 23, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 13, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Homemakers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, followed by one year and six months of restricted liberty.
Upheld November 11, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
He was one of the ordinary members of the cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir, with the use of conspiracy measures during the meetings disseminated terrorist ideology among the residents of the peninsula. He recruited Crimean Muslims into the group and took part in preparations to overthrow the constitutional order.
Latest event
November 11, 2024 — 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, May 23, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 13, 2019
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
Criminal case
The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov
Other defendants in the case
- Alim Karimov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Seiran Murtaza — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Erfan Osmanov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Kamchatka Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
683006, Камчатский край, г. Петропавловск – Камчатский, ул. Вулканная, д.70, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Камчатскому краю», Газиев Сервет Абдураимович, 1960 г.р.
Details and sources
Full 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.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.