Ilham Karimov
Ilham Karimov, born 1981, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny”. Sentence (December 15, 2021): Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020.
In brief
Tatarstan · Naberezhnye Chelny · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years
Upheld September 1, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
February 7, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as a political prisoner — SOVA Center, May 28, 2018
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Recognised as a political prisoner
SOVA Center
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny
Other defendants in the case
- Konstantin Matrashov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Vladimir Myakushin — At large, 3 years 1 month
- Aidar Yulmetyev — At large, 2 years 9 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in Naberezhnye Chelny on 27 May after searches, arrested on 29 May on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation (part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). On 2 November he was transferred to house arrest. Later released on his own recognisance. On 27 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, noting that the court and the defendants were provided with different texts of indictments and that the principle of qualification of the actions of the defendants under part 1 or part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code by the investigation was unclear. In April 2020, the investigation was resumed.
On 16 December 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half suspended sentences.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.