October 20, 2026, 6:31 PMRSSRU

Journalist

Server Mustafayev

Being clarifiedChecked October 18, 2026

Server Mustafayev is listed as imprisoned, but other details in the same record do not agree:

  • the end of imprisonment is recorded as April 12, 2026.

Server Mustafayev, born 1986, 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 second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai”. Sentence (September 15, 2020): 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 3, 2020; Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, November 4, 2019.

In brief

Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Human rights defenders, Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

14 years

imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony

Verdict September 15, 2020

Upheld March 14, 2022

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell

Latest event

March 14, 2022 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 14 years

  3. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Recognised as a prisoner of conscience

    Amnesty International

  5. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  6. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Criminal case

The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Second Bakhchisarai case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On May 21, 2018, he was detained and subsequently arrested on charges of involvement with "Hizb ut-Tahrir." In January 2019, he was placed in a special unit in a pre-trial detention center. In February, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power.

On September 16, 2020, he was sentenced to 14 years in a high-security penal colony.

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Sources (3)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.

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