Ismet Ibragimov
Ismet Ibragimov, born 1988, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing 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); “Ismet Ibragimov's case”. Sentence (July 7, 2022): 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 8, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Pskov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 7, 2021.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Scientists · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
19 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld December 9, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing 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 the head of a unit of the international terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, which engaged in anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of creating a so-called “world caliphate”. Its goals included dismantling secular institutions and overthrowing the current authorities by force.
Latest event
December 9, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 7, 2021
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 19 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· 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
Ismet Ibragimov's case
Criminal case
Ismet Ibragimov's case
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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», Ибрагимов Исмет Таирович, 1988 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Simferopol and a philologist specialising in Arabic, Ibragimov was detained on 7 July 2020 and placed in custody the following day. He was charged with organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and additionally accused of preparing for the violent overthrow of the government.
The case against him was based on his alleged involvement with the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Human rights organisations argue that there are no legitimate grounds for its classification as a terrorist group. Nevertheless, this designation has enabled the prosecution of hundreds of people in Russia and Crimea as “terrorists” solely for party-related activities such as holding meetings, studying religious literature, or recruiting new members.
On 8 July 2022, Ibragimov was sentenced to 19 years' in a strict-regime penal colony.
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