Farrukh Mahkamov
Farrukh Mahkamov, born 1988, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (August 3, 2022): Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 20, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 12, 2022.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld October 30, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
engaged in "anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called 'world caliphate'"; aimed at "destroying the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the current government".
Latest event
October 30, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 12, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Damir Abdrafikov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Ruslan Bariev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Rafis Idrisov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Shahboz Makhmudov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Turatbek Osmonkulov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Marat Saybatalov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Aidar Tashbulatov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Alim Timkanov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Ruslan Fomin — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Tyumen case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
456658, Челябинская область, г. Копейск, пос. Октябрьский, ул. Городок- 1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Махкамов Фаррух Фарходбекович, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Tyumen. On November 18, 2019, he was detained and his apartment was searched. According to unconfirmed reports, traces of blood were visible after the search. He was placed in detention in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir party, which has nothing to do with terrorism. Later, he was taken into custody and placed in pre-trial detention. His wife reported that there were traces of beatings, electric shocks on his body and also foreign interference in his anus, in order to pour unknown liquid into him. The lawyer said that Makhkamov had been threatened with rape. August 4, 2022 he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Uzbekistan
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