Ilyas Kagirov
Ilyas Kagirov, born 1991, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Karim Ibragimov, Ilyas Kagirov and Eldar Ramazanov”. Sentence (August 16, 2016): five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, to be released from imprisonment under article 282.2 of the… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 2, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 28, 2020.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Students · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
5 years
five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, to be released from imprisonment under article 282.2 of the Criminal Code
Upheld December 12, 2016
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Kagirov allegedly participated in the activities of a terrorist cell
Latest event
July 2, 2020 — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 2, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 28, 2020
Timeline
· 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
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Karim Ibragimov, Ilyas Kagirov and Eldar Ramazanov
Criminal case
The case of Karim Ibragimov, Ilyas Kagirov and Eldar Ramazanov
Other defendants in the case
- Karim Ibragimov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Eldar Ramazanov — Imprisoned, 16 years
Thematic group: St. Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Details and sources
Full summary
Kagirov was detained and taken into custody in June 2015 on suspicion of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir as part of a criminal case on the activities of a terrorist organization. Kagirov admitted involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, but refused to admit that he had participated in the activities of a terrorist organization. On 17 August, he was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Kagirov was released in June 2020.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.