Marlen Mustafayev
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 16 years 8 months
- Date of verdict
- 2022-11-29
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Simferopol
- Facility
- ФКУ «Тюрьма УФСИН Ульяновской области»
- Address for letters
- 433513, ул. Калугина д. 66, Ульяновская область, г. Димитровград, ФКУ «Тюрьма УФСИН Ульяновской области», Мустафаев Марлен Рамисович, 1988 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 22 December 2022
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Case summary
Resident of Belogorsk (Crimea). Not officially employed, married, has two minor children. On 9 February 2022, detained and on the same day taken into custody on the case of organisation of activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for violent seizure of power in connection with the alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 30 November 2022, sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.
In June 2023, it became known that before the appeal Mustafayev was given only 15 days to familiarise himself with 7,300 pages of the case.
In 2025, he was deprived of Russian citizenship.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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