Irek Nasirov
Irek Nasirov, born 1985, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Kazan”. Sentence (March 12, 2019): Fourteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 14, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Samara Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 12, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 4, 2019.
In brief
Tatarstan · Sibay · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
14 years
Fourteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld January 12, 2020
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
He participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
January 12, 2020 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 12, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, March 4, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Kazan
· Imprisonment begins
Criminal case
The second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Kazan
Other defendants in the case
- Ilnar Zinnatov — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Ruslan Sungatov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Marat Tulyakov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Rustem Iamaliev — Imprisoned, 20 years
Thematic group: Second Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
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Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Samara Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
446214, Самарская обл., г. Новокуйбышевск, ул. Вторая Промышленная, 8, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Насиров Ирек Илфирович, 1985 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Kazan. Detained in March 2017 after a search and arrested on 15 March on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 13 March 2019, sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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