Yunus Masharipov
Yunus Masharipov, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances…); Article 223.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal manufacture of explosives); “Yunus Masharipov's case”. Sentence (October 28, 2018): Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 150,000 roubles. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 27, 2017.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Human rights defenders
Sentence
4 years
Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 150,000 roubles
Upheld April 26, 2021
Charges
- Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances or explosive devices
- Article 223.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal manufacture of explosives
Full wording of the charges
Manufactured two improvised incendiary explosive devices and transported them to an area on the Sevastopol highway, 50 metres from the Church of the Holy Archangel Michael of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in the Oreanda settlement of Yalta; used them to set fire to a forest in Yalta in order to destabilise the socio-political situation in the region; illegally acquired black powder and stored it in his garage.
Latest event
April 26, 2021 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Persecution begins
Yunus Masharipov's case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Yunus Masharipov's case
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
403843, Волгоградская область, Камышинский район, с. Дворянское, Волгоградская психиатрическая больница (стационар) специализированного типа, Машарипов Юнус Турапович, 1964 г.р.
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Full summary
Detained on 27 September 2017. On 29 September 2017, he was taken into custody by the Kyiv District Court of Simferopol of the Republic of Crimea. According to Yunus Masharipov, on 29 September 2017, when he was brought to the Yalta City Court to determine a preventive measure, he invoked Article 51 of the Russian Constitution, refused to testify and claimed to have been tortured. However, the judge ignored these statements, Masharipov said. In his statement, he wrote that now (meaning in autumn 2017), "FSB officers threaten reprisals and placement in a psychiatric hospital for life because under Article 51, I refused to give my testimony due to torture." On 13 November 2018, the Yalta City Court sentenced Masharipov to four years of general regime colony and a fine of 110,000 rubles. The Court of Appeal left the judgement unchanged, apart from minor details in the text, but in the Court of Cassation, Masharipov managed to get the case returned to the court of first instance. On 3 March 2020, the court ordered that Masharipov be sent to a psychiatric hospital. On 25 June, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision. On 1 March 2021, the Cassation Court sent the case for review. On 27 April 2021, the Court of Appeal left the first instance court's decision unchanged.
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