Shamil Khusnitdinov
Shamil Khusnitdinov, born 1978, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan”. Sentence (March 19, 2017): One year and ten months' suspended sentence and a 2 year ban on engaging in any educational activity. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, May 30, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, May 26, 2019.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year 10 months
One year and ten months' suspended sentence and a 2 year ban on engaging in any educational activity
Upheld June 26, 2017
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Khusnitdinov allegedly held tea parties for students of boarding lyceums and public schools, during which he promoted the ideas of a banned organisation and invited students to live together in "home madrasas".
Latest event
January 1, 2022 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 30, 2019
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 26, 2019
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
guilty verdict
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 10 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan
Criminal case
The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan
Other defendants in the case
- Azamat Abutalipov — At large, 4 years
- Airat Ibragimov — At large, 2 years
- Timur Munasypov — At large, 2 years
- Aivar Habibullin — At large, 2 years 3 months
Thematic group: The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan
Details and sources
Full summary
Shamil Khusnitdinov, the owner of a language school, was accused of participating in the activities of the organisation "Nurdzhular", the existence of which has not been proven. On 20 March 2017, he received a suspended sentence
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.