Rustem Ismailov
Rustem Ismailov, born 1984, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (December 23, 2019): Thirteen years and six months of imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 13, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 21, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 25, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · village of Stroganovka · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years 6 months
Thirteen years and six months of imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.
First instance, June 17, 2019: 14 years
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir branch.
Latest event
April 1, 2020 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 21, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 25, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 13 years 6 months
· 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
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· 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
Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Teimur Abdullaev — Imprisoned, 16 years 6 months
- Uzeyir Abdullayev — Imprisoned, 12 years 6 months
- Emil Dzhemadenov — Imprisoned, 11 years 6 months
- Aider Saledinov — Imprisoned, 11 years 6 months
Thematic group: Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Bashkortostan
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
453256 Республика Башкортостан, г. Салават, станция Южная, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Исмаилов Рустем Якубович, 1984 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 12 October 2016, he was detained after a search, taken into custody on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 18 June 2019, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony. On December 24, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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