Rafis Khalilov
Rafis Khalilov, born 1976, 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): six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large. 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
6 years 6 months
six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
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
August 26, 2024 — imprisonment ends
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
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· 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 · 6 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The fifth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Chelyabinsk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
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
- Vadim Khabirov — Imprisoned, 16 years
Thematic group: Fifth Chelyabinsk case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Details and sources
Full summary
27 February 2018 detained and arrested on charges of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 13 November, sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. Presumably released on 26 August 2024.
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.