Vadim Khabirov
Vadim Khabirov, born 1978, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The fifth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Chelyabinsk”. Sentence (November 12, 2018): 17 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony and 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 5, 2018; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Kurgan Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 20, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 20, 2019.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
16 years
17 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony and 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty
Upheld February 20, 2019
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Latest event
July 20, 2019 — 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, July 20, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 20, 2019
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
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The fifth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Chelyabinsk
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The fifth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Chelyabinsk
Other defendants in the case
- Danis Abdrakhmanov — At large, 6 years
- Ruslan Fatkullin — At large, 6 years
- Rafis Khalilov — At large, 6 years 6 months
Thematic group: Fifth Chelyabinsk case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Kurgan Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
641316, Курганская область, Кетовский р-н, с. Иковка, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Курганской области», Хабиров Вадим Байегитович, 1978 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
In December 2017, Vadim was detained and arrested in a case of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not related to extremism and terrorism. On 13 November 2018, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict-regime colony.
In 2006, Khabirov and three other residents of Chelyabinsk were prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation for distributing Hizb ut-Tahrir brochures. On 19 December 2007, he was given a suspended sentence.
In July 2008 he was detained on a new case of participation in the activities of a banned organisation. Together with his brother Salavat Khabirov and two other people, he was also charged with 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. During the trial, the charge of preparation to commit a terrorist act was dropped. On 4 June 2010, Vadim Khabirov was sentenced to two years in an open jail.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.