Yashar Muyedinov
Yashar Muyedinov, born 1968, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev”. Sentence (November 23, 2022): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 2 years' restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Omsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 23, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 13, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 2 years' restriction of liberty
Upheld February 1, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
He was one of the rank-and-file members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, used conspiracy measures during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's inhabitants, recruited Crimean Muslims into its ranks, and participated in preparations for overthrowing the constitutional order.
Latest event
February 9, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 23, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 13, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev
Criminal case
The case of Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev
Other defendants in the case
- Enver Ametov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Osman Arifmemetov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ruslan Suleimanov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Rustem Sheikhaliyev — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Omsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
644027, г.Омск, ул.27-я Линия, д.47 «А», ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Омской области», Муединов Яшар Сейфетдинович, 1968 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A "Crimean Solidarity" activist. On March 27, 2019, he was detained after a search in his house and the next day placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which has nothing to do with terrorism. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov Oblast and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Muedinov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.
On November 24, 2022, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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