Eldar Kantimirov
Eldar Kantimirov, born 1980, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alushta”. Sentence (August 15, 2021): 12 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 10, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Buryatia. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 24, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 20, 2020.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Alushta · Teachers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld August 29, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
He participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
August 29, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 24, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 20, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· 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
· 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
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alushta
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alushta
Other defendants in the case
- Ruslan Mesutov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Ruslan Nagaev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Lenur Khalilov — Imprisoned, 18 years
Thematic group: Alushta case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
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Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Buryatia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
670042, г.Улан-Удэ, Спиртзаводской тракт, 4 км, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия», Кантимиров Эльдар Шкуриевич, 1980 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He is a resident of Alushta (Crimea). On June 10, 2019, he was arrested and taken into custody the next day on charges of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization in connection with his alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not associated with terrorism. It was later reported that Kantimirov was also charged with preparing to violently overthrow the constitutional order.
On August 16, 2021, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.