Salavat Khabirov
Salavat Khabirov, born 1982, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk”. Sentence (February 3, 2016): 17 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony and one year and six months' restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 2, 2014; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Orenburg Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 27, 2021; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 5, 2020.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony and one year and six months' restriction of liberty
Upheld June 22, 2016
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
led a structural subdivision of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk, held meetings, studied the organisation's literature, and attracted new people to the organisation
Latest event
January 27, 2021 — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 27, 2021
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 5, 2020
Timeline
· 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
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Criminal case
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Kabirov — At large, 6 years
- Orifjon Mirov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Alfred Shaimov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Rinat Shamsutdinov — At large, 5 years 6 months
Thematic group: Second Chelyabinsk case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Orenburg Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
462353, Оренбургская обл., г. Новотроицк, пос. Максай, ул. Заводская, д. 26, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Оренбургской области», Хабиров Салават Байегитович, 1982 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Charged with organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for a violent seizure of power, for being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 4 February 2016, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.
In March 2009, he was detained in a case of participation in the activities of a banned organisation. Together with his brother Vadim Khabirov and two other people, he was also accused of illegal acquisition and storage of ammunition and preparation to commit a terrorist act. Relatives claimed that the ammunition found during the searches had been planted on the accused by authorities. During the trial, the charge of preparation to commit a terrorist act was dropped. On 4 June 2010, Khabirov was sentenced to three and a half years in an open prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.