Enver Omerov
Enver Omerov, born 1961, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: 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 Hizb ut-Tahrir in Belogorsk”. Sentence (January 11, 2021): 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 10, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Mari El. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 21, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 1, 2020.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Belogorsk, Zuya settlement · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
18 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld March 8, 2022
Charges
- 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
participated in the terrorist organisation and preparations for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order
Latest event
March 8, 2022 — 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, June 21, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 1, 2020
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Belogorsk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Belogorsk
Other defendants in the case
- Aider Japparov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Riza Omerov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Belogorsk "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Mari El
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
424006, г. Йошкар-Ола, ул. Строителей, 56а, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Республике Марий Эл», Омеров Энвер Викторович, 1961 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 10 June 2019, he was detained on his way to a court hearing in the Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Rostov-on-Don (one of the defendants, Rustem Ismailov, is Omerov's son-in-law). An officer in plain clothes announced that Omerov would have to go to the police station in Kerch. Omerov became ill, but was taken away. On the same day, the court took him into custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. In February 2020, Omerov was charged with preparation for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order.
On 12 January 2021, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.