Muhammad Magomedov (Hiramagomed)
Muhammad Magomedov (Hiramagomed), born 1985, Dagestan. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 222 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Facilitating illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “Muhammad Magomedov's case”. Sentence (July 2, 2017): nine years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 10, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 19, 2017.
In brief
Dagestan · Makhachkala · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
9 years
nine years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld October 30, 2017
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Article 222 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Facilitating illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Illegally manufactured and stored weapons, organised and participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, and made preparations for a violent seizure of power
Latest event
December 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 10, 2017
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 19, 2017
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Muhammad Magomedov's case
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Muhammad Magomedov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 23 May 2015, charged with illegal manufacture and possession of weapons, incitement to hatred and organisation of activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. He was taken into custody. In June 2015, the defence managed to secure his release under house arrest. On 25 February 2016, at the request of the FSB, he was again detained: the representative of the agency motivated the demand by the fact that Magomedov changed his place of residence several times and did not warn the investigation about it, although his relatives claim that he did. The charge of incitement to hatred was dropped, but Magomedov was also charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation and preparation for violent seizure of power.
On 3 July 2017, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony. He was released in December 2024.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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