Azat Khasanov
Azat Khasanov, born 1977, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies”. Sentence (December 17, 2014): Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 2, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, June 20, 2017.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
6 years 6 months
Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony
Upheld July 2, 2015
Charges
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Organised the activities of the regional branch of the illegal religious association "Islamic Liberation Party" (Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami), which is banned throughout the Russian Federation by court decision; studied and distributed extremist literature, involved new persons in the organisation, spread extremist sentiments among the population; organised and carried out car rallies in the streets of Kazan; used black and white flags with the symbols of "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami" for the purpose of visual propaganda; used black and white flags with the symbols of "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami" and "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami".
Latest event
April 6, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 2, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 20, 2017
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies
Other defendants in the case
- Ilmir Imaev — Deceased, 3 years 5 months
- Ildar Shaykhutdinov — At large, 5 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies
Details and sources
Full summary
A criminal case was initiated against Azat Khasanov and other members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kazan in connection with a number of actions using symbols of the banned activism, including pickets and car rallies, which were dedicated to the prohibition of translation of the Koran and persecution of Muslims; shortly before his arrest, he submitted a letter to the administration of Tatarstan about the persecution of Muslims and gave a speech at a mosque about the anti-Islamic policy of the Russian Federation; he was held in a pre-trial detention centre; sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. He was released in April 2020.
Earlier, Khasanov had been sentenced to four years and seven months in a general regime colony on charges of participation in the activities of a banned organisation and facilitation of terrorist activities; then - to one and a half years in a penal colony on charges of organising the activities of a banned organisation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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