Rustam Khalikov
Rustam Khalikov, born 1977, Chelyabinsk Oblast. 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); “The 6th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk”. Sentence (May 26, 2021): Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: deceased. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 29, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 14, 2020.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld July 20, 2022
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
Full wording of the charges
Participated in a meeting with Vadim Khabirov, a Hizb ut-Tahrir member who had been released from a colony, which took place at the home of Rais Shamsutdinov; promoted Hizb ut-Tahrir ideas in conversations with a classified witness, gave him printed publications.
Latest event
July 20, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 29, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 14, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The 6th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Criminal case
The 6th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Other defendants in the case
- Ilfat Galimov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: The sixth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Chelyabinsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On November 26, 2019, he was detained in Chelyabinsk on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. He was taken into custody. It became known later that Khalikov wsd also accused of recruitment for a terrorist organisation. On May 27, 2021, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of detention
- Penal colony No. 4, Penza Oblast
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.