Farit Kharisov
Farit Kharisov, born 1983, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Fourth Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (July 12, 2023): 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 1, 2021; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 5, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 12, 2023.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
16 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld August 28, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was the organiser of the activities of a cell of a banned terrorist organisation.
Latest event
August 28, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 12, 2023
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Fourth Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
Fourth Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Talipov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Timur Khabibullin — Imprisoned, 11 years
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 5, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
620024, Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Елизаветинское шоссе, д. 19, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Харисов Фарит Кабирович, 1983 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained and taken into custody in June 2021. A case on the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 12 July 2023, sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.