Zafar Nodirov
Zafar Nodirov, born 1969, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism); “Zafar Nodirov case on public justification of terrorism”, opened on January 1, 2020. Sentence (January 18, 2022): Three years of a strict regime colony; previously convicted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 29, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 13, 2019.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Moscow · Krasnoyarsk, Moscow · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
3 years
Three years of a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- February 14, 2019 — 16 years in a strict regime penal colony
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, engaged in justification of terrorism among other prisoners in the colony where he is serving his sentence.
Latest event
January 18, 2022 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 3 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 29, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 13, 2019
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Criminal case opened
Zafar Nodirov case on public justification of terrorism
· 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
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party
Criminal case
The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party
Other defendants in the case
- Sobirjon Burhoniddini — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Khamid Igamberdyev — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Otabek Isomadinov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Farhod Nodirov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Alidzhon Odinaev — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Murojon Sattorov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Sardorbek Siddikov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Aziz Khidirbayev — Imprisoned, 11 years
Thematic group: Third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Zafar Nodirov case on public justification of terrorism
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Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.