Khalil Mustafin
Khalil Mustafin, born 1984, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing 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); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (September 20, 2020): Twenty-one years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, one year and six months of restricted freedom, a fine of… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 4, 2015; place of detention: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
21 years
Twenty-one years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, one year and six months of restricted freedom, a fine of 500,000 rubles, to release Khalil from payment of a 30,000 rubles fine
First instance, July 29, 2018: 22 years
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing 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
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, took part in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, and prepared to seize power by force
Latest event
September 20, 2020 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 21 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 3, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 25, 2016
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 21 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 22 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
The case of the twenty-one
Criminal case
The case of the twenty-one
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Akhmetov — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Fanis Akhmetshin — At large, 11 years
- Linar Vakhitov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rustem Galliamov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ilgiz Gimaletdinov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Azamat Kaiumov — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Alexander Kornev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Rustem Latypov — At large, 8 years
- Radmir Maksutov — At large, 10 years
- Farid Mustafaev — At large, 11 years
- Rinat Nurlygaianov — Imprisoned, 24 years
- Artur Salimov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Irek Tagirov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Aramis Fazylov — At large, 5 years
- Danis Faizrakhmanov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rafael Fattakhov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ruslan Fattakhov — At large, 10 years
- Rustem Khamzin — Imprisoned, 23 years
- Shamil Sharipov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ural Iakupov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
457670, ул. Северная д.1, Челябинская область, г. Верхнеуральск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Мустафин Халил Фанавиевич, 1984 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained on 20 February 2015 and arrested on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no links to terrorism. In January 2016, he was additionally charged with preparing to seize power by force. On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime penal colony. On 21 September 2020, the appellate court reduced Mustafin’s sentence by one year.
In 2014, he was a suspect in a case concerning involvement in an extremist organisation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.