Appaz Kurtamatov (Kurtamet)
Appaz Kurtamatov (Kurtamet), born 2002, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 208 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation of an armed group not controlled by the Russian Federation); “Appaz Kurtamatov's case”. Sentence (April 20, 2023): 7 years' imprisonment, with 1 year to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Pskov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 18, 2024.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Office workers
Sentence
7 years
imprisonment, with 1 year to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld May 29, 2024
Charges
- Article 208 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation of an armed group not controlled by the Russian Federation
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he transferred 500 UAH (approximately 900 RUB at the exchange rate at the time of the alleged transfer) to a member of the volunteer armed formation "Islamic Battalion 'Crimea'". The person to whom Appaz transferred UAH 500 is his close friend, with whom he studied at the Islamic college "Imam Khatib" from 2018 to 2020. According to the version of the investigation and the court, Kurtamet knew that his friend was involved in hostilities against the RF Armed Forces.
Latest event
May 29, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 18, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Persecution begins
Appaz Kurtamatov's case
Criminal case
Appaz Kurtamatov's case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Pskov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
182277, Россия, Псковская область, Себежский район, пос. Сосновый Бор, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Псковской области», Куртаматов Аппаз Халилович, 2002 г.р.
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Full summary
Citizen of Ukraine, resident of the village of Novoalekseevka, Genicheskiy district, Kherson region of Ukraine. Son of the head of the Muslim community of the Novoalekseevka mosque Khalil Kurtamet, formerly a student of the Islamic college "Imam Khatib".
On 23 July 2022, he was detained in the annexed Crimea, and only got in touch with his relatives on 5 October 2022. On 10 October 2022, he was sent to pre-trial detention on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation: according to the investigation, he financed the activities of the 'Islamic Battalion "Crimea"', created to participate in hostilities on the side of Ukraine. Khalil Kurtamet, Appaz's father, was detained on 7 November 2023 on charges of participation in another Crimean armed formation.
On 20 April 2023, Kurtamatov was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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