Khamid Igamberdyev
Khamid Igamberdyev, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party”. Sentence (February 14, 2019): 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and one year of restriction of freedom with the deprivation of the… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Oryol Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, October 31, 2019; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 29, 2019.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
16 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony and one year of restriction of freedom with the deprivation of the right to leave the boundaries of the municipal entity without permission.
Upheld September 24, 2019
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation team, in 2017, while in the Moscow pre-trial detention centre Butyrka, during the communication with fellow inmates, he allegedly gave a speech about justifying the activities of terrorists.
Latest event
July 1, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 31, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 29, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 13, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· 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
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party
Criminal case
The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party
Other defendants in the case
- Sobirjon Burhoniddini — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Otabek Isomadinov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Zafar Nodirov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Farhod Nodirov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Alidzhon Odinaev — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Murojon Sattorov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Sardorbek Siddikov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Aziz Khidirbayev — Imprisoned, 11 years
Thematic group: Third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Oryol Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
303900, Орловская обл., п. Нарышкино, ул. Заводская, д.62, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Орловской области», Игамбердыев Хамид Алиджонович, 1985 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
In December 2016, taken into custody along with 11 other people in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism. On February 15, 2019, sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.
In 2020, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Igamberdyev: according to the investigation, in 2017, while in the Moscow pre-trial detention center Butyrka, while talking to his cellmates, he allegedly gave a speech about the justification of activities of terrorists. On September 28, 2021, he was sentenced to three years. Taking into account the previous sentence, his prison term is 17 and a half years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Sources (3)
- Memorial Human Rights Centre — Recognised as a political prisoner
- Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
- Memorial Human Rights Centre — Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.