Anas Gimazetdinov
Anas Gimazetdinov, born 1965, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (September 23, 2019): 17 years 9 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 17, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 26, Samara Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 19, 2019.
In brief
Tatarstan · Almetyevsk · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years 9 months
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty
First instance, April 25, 2019: 18 years
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organizing the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell
Latest event
November 26, 2019 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, April 25, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 19, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
guilty verdict
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 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”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Azat Zagiev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Irek Mukhametov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Rinat Khannanov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Emil Shangareev — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Almetyevsk "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 26, Samara Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
443527, с. Спиридоновка, ул. Советская, уч. 1 Д, Самарская обл., Волжский район, ФКУ «ИК № 26 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Гимазетдинов Анас Ахсанович, 1965 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Almetyevsk (Tatarstan). He was detained on October 17, 2017, and arrested on October 18 on charges of organizing activities of a terrorist organization in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On April 26, 2019, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony. On September 24, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to 17 years and nine months.
In the colony, he was kept in solitary confinement for several months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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