Arsen Kubedinov
Arsen Kubedinov, born 1974, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea”. Sentence (January 21, 2019): Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years, restriction of liberty for one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, October 21, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, May 22, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Service workers · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years, restriction of liberty for one year
Upheld April 15, 2019
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of the banned extremist organisation Tablighi Jamaat
Latest event
March 19, 2021 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 21, 2019
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 22, 2019
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· 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
Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Criminal case
Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Other defendants in the case
- Talyat Abdurakhmanov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Seyran Mustafayev — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Renat Suleymanov — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Details and sources
Full summary
2 October 2017 detained after a search, accused of involvement in an extremist organisation. On 3 October, arrested. In February 2018, he was released on personal recognizance. In September 2018, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but in November it came back to the court. On 22 January 2019, Kubedinov was sentenced to two and a half years suspended prison sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.