Murat Mustafayev
Murat Mustafayev, born 1993, 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 Murat Mustafayev”. Sentence (April 17, 2023): 4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 11, 2022; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Farmers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
4 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
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 accused of participation in the activities of a cell of the international religious and political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, Dzhankoysky district of Crimea, as well as of preparation for a violent seizure of power.
Latest event
May 13, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The case of Murat Mustafayev
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Murat Mustafayev
Thematic group: First Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Мустафаев Мурат Айдерович, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Mustafayev is Muslim and a Crimean Tatar. On 11th of August 2022, Mustafayev's home was searched. He was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, as well as in preparation for a violent seizure of power. He pleaded guilty and signed a pre-trial agreement with the investigation. The court, having examined the case under special procedure, sentenced Mustafayev to four years in a strict regime penal colony on 18th of April 2023.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.