Seyran Mustafayev
Seyran Mustafayev, born 1969, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea”. Sentence (January 21, 2019): Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years, restriction of liberty for one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, October 21, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, May 22, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Shop assistants · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years, restriction of liberty for one year
Upheld April 15, 2019
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
He participated in the activities of the banned extremist organisation 'Tablighi Jamaat'.
Latest event
June 8, 2021 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 21, 2019
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 22, 2019
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Criminal case
Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Other defendants in the case
- Talyat Abdurakhmanov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Arsen Kubedinov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Renat Suleymanov — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Details and sources
Full summary
On October 2, 2017, he was detained after a search and accused of involvement in an extremist organisation. On October 3, he was placed under house arrest. In September 2018, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but in November it was again brought to court. On January 22, 2019, Mustafayev was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.