Bulat Makhmutov
Bulat Makhmutov, born 1992, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The fourth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan”. Sentence (October 5, 2017): 15 years 10 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 27, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 17, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 27, 2019.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
15 years 10 months
imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year restriction of liberty
First instance, June 4, 2017: 16 years
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in and organised the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir unit
Latest event
July 17, 2019 — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 17, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 27, 2019
Timeline
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 15 years 10 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The fourth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
· Imprisonment begins
Criminal case
The fourth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Other defendants in the case
- Timur Sadykov — At large, 5 years
Thematic group: The fourth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Ulyanovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
433300, Ульяновская область, г. Новоульяновск, пос. Северный, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН Ульяновской области», Махмутов Булат Аухатович, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 27 September 2016, detained on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, which was groundlessly recognised as a terrorist organisation. On 5 June 2017, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony; on 6 October, the court of second instance reduced the sentence by two months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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