Aivar Habibullin
Aivar Habibullin, born 1987, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan”. Sentence (June 26, 2017): Two years three months' deprivation of liberty 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 30, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 26, 2019.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Former officials · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 3 months
Two years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
First instance, March 19, 2017: 4 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
held tea parties for pupils of boarding lyceums and public schools, during which he promoted the ideas of a banned organisation and invited students to live together in "home madrasas".
Latest event
August 26, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 30, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 26, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· 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 ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 3 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan
Criminal case
The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan
Other defendants in the case
- Azamat Abutalipov — At large, 4 years
- Airat Ibragimov — At large, 2 years
- Timur Munasypov — At large, 2 years
- Shamil Khusnitdinov — At large, 1 year 10 months
Thematic group: The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan
Details and sources
Full summary
Aivar Habibullin, former head of the procurement department of the Government of Bashkortostan, was accused of organising the activities of a cell of the organisation "Nurdzhular", the existence of which has not been proven. On 20 March 2017, he was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment. On 27 June, the appeal instance commuted the sentence to two years and three months in a general regime colony. He was released in August 2019.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.