Eduard Nizamov
Eduard Nizamov, born 1977, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); 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); “The case of Eduard Nizamov”. Sentence (February 9, 2020): Twenty-three years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 12, 2018; place of detention: Prison, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 9, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 27, 2020.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Drivers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
23 years
Twenty-three years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony
Upheld June 7, 2020
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting in terrorist activities
- 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
Full wording of the charges
recruited local Muslims to join the ranks of Hizb ut-Tahrir by "influencing their religious feelings"; organised and supervised the activities of the leaders of the organisation's clandestine cells in Tatarstan; held various meetings of Hizb ut-Tahrir members aimed at "rallying active members"; financed terrorist activities; and made preparations for a violent seizure of power.
Latest event
June 7, 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, February 9, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 27, 2020
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 23 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
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
The case of Eduard Nizamov
Criminal case
The case of Eduard Nizamov
Thematic group: Sixth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
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Facility: Prison, Ulyanovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
433513, ул. Калугина д. 66, Ульяновская область, г. Димитровград, ФКУ «Тюрьма УФСИН Ульяновской области», Низамов Эдуард Габдуллович, 1977 г.р.
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Full summary
Eduard Nizamov, considered by the investigation to be the head of the Russian branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir, was detained in Kazan on 11 October, 2018. On 12 October, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan arrested Nizamov until 12 November 2018; along with Ildar Akhmetzianov, 41, and Rais Gimadeev, 48, who, according to the investigation, are the leaders of the regional cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan. All of them are charged under Article 205.5, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organizing the activities of an organisation, which, under Russian law, is recognised as a terrorist organisation; up to life imprisonment).
On 10 February, 2020, Nizamov was sentenced to 23 years in a strict-regime colony.
After his arrest, he complained about being tortured by the staff at the pretrial detention center and provocations from his cellmates. After that Nizamov was transferred to another cell.
In September 2019, it became known that Nizamov was also charged with financing terrorist activities and preparation for violent seizure of power.
Nizamov was transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1 in the Sverdlovsk region, where he was kept in harsh conditions, without proper ventilation and necessary food items.
In 2020, Nizamov was transferred to a colony in the Samara region. From August 1 to August 30, 2022, he was kept in the punishment cell because of his demand to hand him over his parcel with clothes and a wristwatch, which the administration had been refusing to release since 2020. After that, he was placed in the punishment cell several more times. In December, he was constantly transferred from cell to cell. On 13 December, Nizamov was sent to the punishment cell for seven days for allegedly not keeping his hands behind his back. At the end of the month, it was reported that Nizamov was transferred to a special-regime colony.
It is reported that Nizamov has already been tried under Article 282.2, Part 2 (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation): In 2005, he received a two-year conditional sentence.
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