Rais Gimadiev
Rais Gimadiev, born 1970, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Rais Gimadiev”. Sentence (May 12, 2020): Imprisonment for sixteen years in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 12, 2018; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Samara Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, May 17, 2021.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
16 years
Imprisonment for sixteen years in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Recruited local Muslims into Hizb ut-Tahrir by "influencing their religious feelings"; held various meetings of Hizb ut-Tahrir members with the goal of "uniting active members".
Latest event
May 17, 2021 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 17, 2021
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Rais Gimadiev
Criminal case
The case of Rais Gimadiev
Thematic group: Sixth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Samara Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
446214, Самарская обл., г. Новокуйбышевск, ул. Вторая Промышленная, 8, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Гимадиев Раис Закирович, 1970 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Gimadiev was detained in Kazan on October 10th, 2018. On October 12, he was taken into custody on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization.
On May 13, 2020, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.
On March 26, 2007, he was sentenced to a year and seven months in a penal colony on charges of participation in an extremist organization.
On December 21st, 2011, he was sentenced to corrective labor through wage docking under the same article.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.