Seyran Khairedinov
Seyran Khairedinov, born 1986, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (May 17, 2023): 12 years' imprisonment in high security prison, with the first four years to be served in higher security facility. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 8, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Pskov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 16, 2022.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in high security prison, with the first four years to be served in higher security facility
Upheld September 13, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
He was a member of the cell of the international terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami", carrying out anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called "global caliphate", aiming to destroy the institutions of secular society and overthrowing the current authorities by force.
Latest event
September 13, 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, June 16, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 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
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
The Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Aleksandr Sizikov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Alim Sufyanov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: The fourth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Bakhchisarai
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Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Pskov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
182277, Россия, Псковская область, Себежский район, пос. Сосновый Бор, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Псковской области», Хайрединов Сейран Нуриевич, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Bakhchysaray. Detained on 7 July 2020 and later taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 24 August 2021, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office because the materials were not recorded in Braille - another defendant, Alexander Sizikov, was blinded as a result of a traffic accident. On 27 October, the appeal court overturned this decision. On 17 May 2024, he was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, with the first four years to be served in prison.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.