Nail Miniakhmetov
Nail Miniakhmetov, born 1988, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat”. Sentence (December 10, 2017): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 6, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 11, Kirov Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 3, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, May 10, 2018.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Salavat · Officials · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld April 11, 2018
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Attended illegal meetings, persuaded other Muslims to join the party, studied and kept banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir literature, observed conspiracy measures
Latest event
July 3, 2018 — 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 3, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 10, 2018
Timeline
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat
· Imprisonment begins
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat
Other defendants in the case
- Aidar Aidarbekov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Radik Imangulov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Maxim Puigin — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Albert Shafiev — Imprisoned, 16 years
Thematic group: Salavat case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 11, Kirov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
613035, деревня Утробино, Кировская область, г. Кирово- Чепецк, ФКУ «ИК № 11 УФСИН России по Кировской области», Миниахметов Наиль Радикович, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Arrested in September 2016 for alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. On 11 December 2017, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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