Rakhmiddin Kamolov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 16 years
- Date of verdict
- 2017-12-17
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю»
- Address for letters
- 662606, ул. Горького д. 114 Тюрьма, Красноярский край, г. Минусинск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Камолов Рахмиддин Иброхимович, 1989 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 15 June 2020
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Case summary
Resident of Moscow, activist of the Society of Political Emigrants of Central Asia and Yerdam, a human rights organization assisting refugees from Central Asia. Detained on March 21, 2017, on suspicion of organizing activities of a terrorist organization. On December 18, sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.
In June 2018, after arroving at Penal Colony 6 in the Tver region, Kamolov was repeatedly placed in solitary confinement, as well as in cell-type premises and single cell-type rooms. In mid-2019, he was transferred to Penal Colony 7 where he was similarly placed a single cell-type room. Later he was sent back to Penal Colony 6 and promptly sent to a treatment and correctional facility. In February 2020, Kamolov returned to Penal Colony 6 and immediately sent to solitary confinement and then to cell-type premises.
On December 12, 2023, the court decided to transfer Kamolov to prison.
On October 15, 2024, Kamolov's only son, eight-year-old Khalid, died after being hit by a car.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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