Khotamjon Karimov
Khotamjon Karimov, born 1981, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The Fourth Moscow Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (December 11, 2017): Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2017. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 25, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 15, 2020.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld June 26, 2018
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organisation
Latest event
June 25, 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, June 25, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 15, 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
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The Fourth Moscow Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
The Fourth Moscow Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Altynbek Abdymanap — Imprisoned, 10 years
Thematic group: The fourth Moscow case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
The address is not listed in the database.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained and arrested in March 2017 on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. In September, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 12 December, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony. On 1 March, the sentence was cancelled due to the fact that the judge who returned the case to the prosecutor's office participated in hearings after the second filing of the case in the court. On 2 April, he was again sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Tajikistan
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.