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Asgat Khafizov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Asgat Khafizov, born 1985, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Asgat Khafizov's case”, opened on May 18, 2020. Sentence (August 4, 2021): 23 years` of imprisonment in a special security colony; previously convicted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 15, 2014; place of detention: Penal colony No. 15, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 1, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 9, 2017.

In brief

Tatarstan, Chelyabinsk Oblast · Kazan · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

23 years

` of imprisonment in a special security colony

Verdict August 4, 2021

Upheld February 1, 2022

Other verdicts

  • December 7, 2017 — 19 years and 2 months’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony

Charges

Full wording of the charges

He participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation

Latest event

February 1, 2022 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 23 years

  3. · Criminal case opened

    Asgat Khafizov's case

  4. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  5. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 19 years 2 months

  6. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

Criminal case

Asgat Khafizov's case

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The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan

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Thematic group: Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan

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Facility: Penal colony No. 15, Chelyabinsk Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

456652, Челябинская обл., г. Копейск, ул. Томская, 4, ФКУ «ИК № 15 ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Хафизов Асгат Хасанович, 1985 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On October 14, 2014, he was detained during a search. The next day he was arrested along with seven other people in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamic political party ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir,’ which has no ties to terrorism. On December 8, 2017, he was sentenced to 19 years and two months in a strict-regime penal colony. In February 2018, it was revealed that Khafizov had been placed in a disciplinary cell.

In May 2020, it was reported that a new case had been initiated against Khafizov for participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and recruiting into a terrorist organization. On August 5, 2021, Khafizov was sentenced to 16 years for the second case, bringing his total sentence to 23 years in a special regime penal colony, including a mandatory three-year term in prison, considering the unserved portion of the first sentence.

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Persecution episodes
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