Shakir Kozhamkulov
Shakir Kozhamkulov, born 1984, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow”. Sentence (September 16, 2018): Six years and six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with restriction of liberty for one year and six… Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 25, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2018.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years 6 months
Six years and six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with restriction of liberty for one year and six months
Upheld April 28, 2019
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 a cell of an extremist organisation
Latest event
April 15, 2022 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 25, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 11, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· 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
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow
Other defendants in the case
- Bekzod Bakirov — Location unknown, 4 years
- Akhmet Dzhumaev — Not in Russia, 4 years
- Islambek Kamchybekov — Location unknown, 6 years 6 months
- Gazybek Kubatov — Not in Russia, 4 years
- Zufar Mustafin — Location unknown, 4 years
- Kanybek Suiunduk uulu — Not in Russia, 6 years 6 months
- Airat Usmanov — Location unknown, 4 years
Thematic group: Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 22 December 2016 together with six other people on suspicion of involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, arrested. The investigation considers him to be the organiser of the cell. On 17 September 2018, sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. In March 2022, Kozhamkulov was deprived of Russian citizenship. He was released in April 2022, after which he was immediately detained on charges of violating migration laws. The court decided to fine him and expel him from the country.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.