Erfan Osmanov
Erfan Osmanov, born 1982, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in 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 Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov”. Sentence (January 10, 2023): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Tuva. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 23, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 13, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Musicians, Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty
Upheld November 11, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in 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
was a low-level member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, used conspiracy measures during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's inhabitants, recruited Crimean Muslims into the ranks of a terrorist organization, and participated in preparations for the overthrow of the constitutional order.
Latest event
November 11, 2024 — cassation
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, May 23, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 13, 2019
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov
Criminal case
The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov
Other defendants in the case
- Servet Gaziev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Alim Karimov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Seiran Murtaza — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Tuva
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
с667002, Тыва, г. Кызыл, ул. Догээ-Баары д. 1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Республике Тыва», Османов Эрфан Серверович, 1982 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Crimean Solidarity activist. On 27 March 2019, following a search of his residence, he was detained and on the same day taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which is not known to be involved in terrorist activity. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov Oblast and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Osmanov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On 11 January 2023, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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