Farhod Nurmatov
Farhod Nurmatov, born 1971, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg”. Sentence (July 25, 2018): six years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, to be exempted from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 2, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 28, 2020.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
6 years
six years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, to be exempted from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on bringing to responsibility
Upheld December 26, 2018
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
involved in the creation of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in St. Petersburg
Latest event
January 18, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 2, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 28, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· 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 · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg
Other defendants in the case
- Magomed Akhimov — At large, 5 years
- Artur Akhmedov — Imprisoned, 10 years 6 months
- Islam Akhmedov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Eldar Mammadov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov — At large, 6 years
- Maxim Tsvetkov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Vladimir Shmotov — At large, 8 years
- Aziz Yusufov — At large, 5 years
Thematic group: Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Details and sources
Full summary
He was a witness in the first Hizb ut-Tahrir case in St Petersburg as the common-law husband of the mother of one of the defendants, Sergei Yablokov. In June 2017, arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 26 July 2018, sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. Released in January 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Tajikistan
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.