Zokirzhon Ismanov
Zokirzhon Ismanov, born 1992, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism); “Zokirjon Ismanov's case”, opened on January 1, 2020. Sentence (October 27, 2020): 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony; previously convicted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Krasnoyarsk Krai.
In brief
Altai Krai, Tatarstan · Barnaul, Kazan · Mechanics · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
9 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld January 26, 2021
Other verdicts
- March 23, 2017 — 6 years' imprisonment
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
Full wording of the charges
Accordinc to the investigation, In conversations with convicts, he stated that he considered himself a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and did not intend to renounce his views despite the Supreme Court's decision to declare the party a terrorist organisation. He held classes for other convicts in which he propagated the ideas of Hizb ut-Tahrir and ordered the listeners to take notes on them.
Latest event
January 26, 2021 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Criminal case opened
Zokirjon Ismanov's case
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Persecution begins
The case of Zokirzhon Ismanov, Erik Karmatskii and Aidar Shaikhiev
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of Zokirzhon Ismanov, Erik Karmatskii and Aidar Shaikhiev
Other defendants in the case
- Eric Karmatsky — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Aidar Shaikhiev — Location unknown
Thematic group: Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan
Zokirjon Ismanov's case
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Facility: Prison No. 2, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
663180, ул. Декабристов д. 11, Красноярский край, г. Енисейск, ФКУ «Т № 2 ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Исманов Зокиржон Тургунбаевич, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on March 22, 2016, and subsequently placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his involvement with the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On March 24, 2017, he was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment.
While in detention, he was accused of recruitment to a terrorist organization and propaganda of terrorism because of his conversation with cellmates. In October 2020, he was sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.