Bagavudin Omarov
Bagavudin Omarov, born 1972. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Bagavudin Omarov on the leadership of At-Taqfir wal-Hijra branch”. Sentence (February 20, 2021): three years' imprisonment, one year's restriction of liberty, the sentence to be considered served. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 21, 2020.
In brief
Makhachkala · Religious figures · Extremism cases
Sentence
three years' imprisonment, one year's restriction of liberty, the sentence to be considered served
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he organised and led a branch of At-Taqfir wal-Hijra.
Latest event
March 1, 2021 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 21, 2020
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· 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 case of Bagavudin Omarov on the leadership of At-Taqfir wal-Hijra branch
Criminal case
The case of Bagavudin Omarov on the leadership of At-Taqfir wal-Hijra branch
- Case number
- 1-5/2021
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Makhachkala. On 1 November 2018, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 February 2021, Omarov was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and released in the courtroom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.