Rainur Ibatullin
Rainur Ibatullin, born 1989, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan”. Sentence (April 4, 2017): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 20, 2015; place of detention: Penal colony No. 21, Arkhangelsk Oblast. 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 unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 19, 2017.
In brief
Tatarstan · Aznakayevo, Almetyevsk · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony
Upheld August 7, 2017
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting in terrorist activities
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
He distributed literature of a terrorist organisation, recruited new members, including minors, and supported the organisation financially.
Latest event
August 7, 2017 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
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 unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 19, 2017
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Criminal case
Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
- Case number
- 1-6/2017 (1-28/2016;)
Other defendants in the case
- Arslan Salimzyanov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Airat Shakirov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Nail Iunusov — Imprisoned, 17 years
Thematic group: Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 21, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
164268, Архангельская обл., Плесецкий р-н, п. Североонежск, 2 микрорайон, д. 10, ФКУ «ИК № 21 УФСИН России по Архангельской области», Ибатуллин Райнур Анисович, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 19 May 2015, he was detained and taken from Almetyevsk to Kazan and arrested on the next day together with three other people in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 5 April 2017, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.