Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov
Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov, born 1973, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism); “Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov`s case of the justification of terrorism”, opened on January 1, 2019. Sentence (November 10, 2019): 3 years' imprisonment; previously convicted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 2, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 28, 2020.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast, Saint Petersburg · Kemerovo, Saint Petersburg · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- July 25, 2018 — 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, exemption from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations for prosecution
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he told an officer of the Federal Penitentiary Service (GUFSIN) in Kemerovo Region that he did not consider Hizb ut-Tahrir to be a terrorist organisation, and spoke to detainees in the intake unit of pre-trial detention centre-1 about the group’s activities. The day after arriving at the penal colony, he told another prisoner that Hizb ut-Tahrir should not be considered a terrorist organisation because it had not carried out bombings or arson attacks. He stated that the goal of Hizb ut-Tahrir is to establish a caliphate across the entire world and that the party’s main method is persuasion, but that “in case of disagreement by anyone,” jihad should be used. He expressed admiration for Hizb ut-Tahrir. He claimed that a violent seizure of power is the only way to build a caliphate. He emphasised that the party is open to everyone, including non-Muslims. He assured others that all prisoners would be freed in the caliphate and given a just trial. He justified the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, including support for the goal of creating a caliphate through jihad, and the party’s ideas about “changing the fundamental foundations of the social order and state organisation (including the state system of Russia).”
Latest event
October 20, 2026 — case status changed
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 2, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 28, 2020
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· 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
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Criminal case opened
Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov`s case of the justification of terrorism
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg
Criminal case
The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg
Other defendants in the case
- Magomed Akhimov — At large, 5 years
- Artur Akhmedov — Imprisoned, 10 years 6 months
- Islam Akhmedov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Eldar Mammadov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Farhod Nurmatov — At large, 6 years
- Maxim Tsvetkov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Vladimir Shmotov — At large, 8 years
- Aziz Yusufov — At large, 5 years
Thematic group: Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov`s case of the justification of terrorism
Details and sources
Full summary
In June 2017, he was taken into custody on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 26 July 2018, he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime prison.
After being transferred to prison, a case was opened against Mirzosharipov for publicly justifying terrorist activity in connection with discussions about Hizb ut-Tahrir. According to the case files, Mirzosharipov spoke to other prisoners in Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 and IK-40 in the Kemerovo Region about the organisation. Mirzosharipov himself stated that he was beaten in prison and that, during questioning about Hizb ut-Tahrir, one prisoner held scissors to his throat while another recorded his words. At trial, when witnesses were asked to indicate on a diagram the room where the conversation took place, they pointed to different rooms.
On 11 November 11 2019, Mirzosharipov was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment; under the court’s ruling, the combined sentence, including the unserved portion of his first term, amounted to 5 years. By 2022 at the latest, a new case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism, linked to conversations about the organisation Jabhat al-Nusra in October 2021, while he was serving his sentence. On 25 April 2023, he was sentenced to 4 years for this charge, but taking into account previously unserved time, his total sentence was set at 5 years in a strict regime prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Tajikistan
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.