Seiran Murtaza
Seiran Murtaza, born 1983, 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 Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov”. Sentence (January 10, 2023): 13 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai. 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 · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty
Upheld November 11, 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 ordinary members of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, used conspirational methods during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's residents, recruited Crimean Muslims into the ranks of a terrorist organization and participated in preparations to overthrow the constitutional order.
Latest event
November 11, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
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
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· 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 №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov
Criminal case
The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov
Other defendants in the case
- Servet Gaziev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Alim Karimov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Erfan Osmanov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
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Facility: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
662606, ул. Горького д. 114 Тюрьма, Красноярский край, г. Минусинск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Муртаза Сейран Кемадинович, 1983 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Crimean Solidarity activist. On March 27, 2019, Seyran was detained after a search and taken into custody the same day, charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not associated with terrorism. He was sent to the pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region, and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it was reported that Murtaza was also charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On January 11, 2023, Seyran 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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