Alim Karimov
Alim Karimov, born 1994, 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 Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov”. Sentence (January 10, 2023): 13 year`s imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 23, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 13, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
13 year`s imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty
Upheld November 11, 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 was one of the rank-and-file members of a Hizb ut-Tahrir unit, using clandestine methods during meetings, disseminated terrorist ideology among residents of the peninsula and recruited Crimean Muslims into the organisation. He also took part in preparations to overthrow the constitutional order.
Latest event
November 11, 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, May 23, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 13, 2019
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov
Criminal case
The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov
Other defendants in the case
- Servet Gaziev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Seiran Murtaza — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Erfan Osmanov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
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», Каримов Алим Эгамбердиевич, 1994 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
An activist with Crimean Solidarity. On 27 March 2019, he was detained following a search and taken into custody the next day on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Karimov was also being charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On 11 January 2023, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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