Turatbek Osmonkulov
Turatbek Osmonkulov, born 1992, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (August 3, 2022): Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 21, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Zabaykalsky Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 12, 2022.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld October 30, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
was engaged in "anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called 'world caliphate'"; aimed to "destroying the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the current government".
Latest event
October 30, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 12, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast
· Persecution begins
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Damir Abdrafikov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Ruslan Bariev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Rafis Idrisov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Farrukh Mahkamov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Shahboz Makhmudov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Marat Saybatalov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Aidar Tashbulatov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Alim Timkanov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Ruslan Fomin — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Tyumen case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Zabaykalsky Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
673 300, Забайкальский край, п. Карымское, ул. Красноармейская, 10, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Забайкальскому краю», Осмонкулов Туратбек, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Tyumen. In November 2019, Osmonkulov's home was searched, he was interrogated and detained as part of a case on the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 21 November, the court decided to send him to custody. On 4 August 2022, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Kyrgyzstan
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