Aitakhadzhi Halimov
Aitakhadzhi Halimov, born 1993, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position); “The case of Aitakhadzhi Halimov”. Sentence (June 9, 2020): 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 22, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, July 10, 2020.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Kaliningrad · Manual workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
3 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
Upheld October 7, 2020
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position
Full wording of the charges
reposted three videos about the First Chechen War on his VKontakte page.
Latest event
June 23, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 22, 2020
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 10, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Aitakhadzhi Halimov
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of Aitakhadzhi Halimov
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in December 2019 and taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. On 10 June 2020, sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. Released on 23 June 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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