Rustem Osmanov
Rustem Osmanov, born 1996, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “The case of Rustem Osmanov”. Sentence (August 3, 2022): six years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 15, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Stavropol Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 19, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Belogorsk
Sentence
6 years
six years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
Osmanov allegedly participated in the activities of the "Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelibidzhikhan": drove service vehicles, maintained them, ran subsidiary services and guarded facilities
Latest event
February 19, 2023 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 19, 2023
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Rustem Osmanov
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of Rustem Osmanov
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Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Stavropol Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
357000, Ставропольский край, с. Кочубеевское, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Ставропольскому краю», Османов Рустем Сейтбекирович, 1996 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
According to the investigation, on 14 April 2022, Osmanov was detained while trying to pass the Armyansk border checkpoint. According to his own words, on 15 April 2022, 12 Russian servicemen armed with automatic rifles broke into his house in the village of Kalanchak, Kherson region. Osmanov was beaten, handcuffed and put a bag over his head, loaded into a lorry and taken to the border with Crimea. At the border Osmanov was taken to a caravan where, according to him, they threatened to kill him and his family and forced him to sign a confession. After that, he was taken to the FSS in Simferopol, where he was tortured with electric shocks, beaten and again threatened that they would kill his relatives. On 4 August, Osmanov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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