Zafar Nodirov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 16 years
- Date of verdict
- 2019-02-14
- Region
- Krasnoyarsk KraiMoscow
- City
- Krasnoyarsk, Moscow
Case summary
In December 2016, Nodirov was taken into custody together with 11 other people on suspicion of involvement in the islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 15 February 2019, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.
In January 2022, Nodirov was sentenced to a further three years on charges of publicly condoning terrorism because of his conversations about Hizb ut-Tahrir at the penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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