Halil Kurtamet
Halil Kurtamet, born 1966, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Halil Kurtamet's case”. Sentence (October 17, 2024): 8 years in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 17, 2025.
In brief
Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast · Entrepreneurs
Sentence
8 years
in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he accommodated members of the battalion in his hotels located in Henichesk Raion.
Latest event
September 17, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 17, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Halil Kurtamet's case
Criminal case
Halil Kurtamet's case
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Full summary
A resident of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast. He worked in car maintenance and repair and owned a hotel that was seized by the Russian forces after Russia had launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Headed a local religious group called 'Islam'. On 7 November 2023, he was detained in the occupied territory and accused of being part of the The Noman Chelebidzhikhan Crimean Tatar Battalion. A year before that, his son Appaz Kurtamatov had been detained and accused of being part of the 'Islamic Battalion Krym'. On 19 October 2024, Kurtamet was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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