Ilhom Merazhov
Ilhom Merazhov, born 1970, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Ilkhom Merazhov”, opened on January 1, 2015. Previously convicted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Religious figures · Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year
terms: one year suspended
Upheld August 14, 2013
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of the Nurdzhular religious association in Novosibirsk, knowing that it was banned as an extremist organisation
Latest event
January 1, 2015 — criminal case opened
The case of Ilkhom Merazhov
Timeline
· Criminal case opened
The case of Ilkhom Merazhov
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Persecution begins
The case of the Novosibirsk imams
Criminal case
The case of the Novosibirsk imams
Other defendants in the case
- Komil Odilov — Location unknown, 1 year
Thematic group: The case of the Novosibirsk imams
The case of Ilkhom Merazhov
Thematic group: The case of the Novosibirsk Nurcists
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 October 2011, he was detained and his apartment was searched, during which books by Said Nursi were seized. He was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 27 May 2013, he was sentenced to one year of suspended imprisonment. On 15 August, the court of second instance upheld the sentence. At the end of June 2014, Merazhov was reported to have been removed from the list of organisations and individuals in respect of whom there is information about their involvement in extremist activity or terrorism.
Later Merazhov was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation as part of the case of continuing the activities of a cell of a non-existent organisation called "Nurdzhular" in the Novosibirsk region. He left Russia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.