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Amir Hakimullin

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Amir Hakimullin, born 1986, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Amir Hakimullin case”. Sentence (January 25, 2018): seventeen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 23, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 11, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 27, 2018.

In brief

Tatarstan · Kazan · Engineers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

17 years

seventeen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Verdict January 25, 2018

Upheld May 28, 2018

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation cell.

Latest event

May 28, 2018 — 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. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

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

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 17 years

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

Criminal case

Amir Hakimullin case

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan

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Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

629400, Ямало-Ненецкий АО, г. Лабытнанги, ул. Северная, д. 33, Лабытнанги | ФКУ ИК-8 УФСИН России по Ямало-Ненецкому автономному округу, Хакимуллин Амир Ринатович, 1986 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Was detained in March of 2016 following a search, arrested the next day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. He was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony on January 26, 2018.

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