Maxim Puigin
Maxim Puigin, born 1988, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat”. Sentence (December 10, 2017): 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 7, 2016; place of detention: Prison, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, May 10, 2018.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Salavat · Mechanics · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld April 11, 2018
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Attended illegal meetings, persuaded other Muslims to join the party, studied and kept banned "Hizb ut-Tahrir" literature, adhered to measures of conspiracy
Latest event
January 1, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 10, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat
Other defendants in the case
- Aidar Aidarbekov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Radik Imangulov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Nail Miniakhmetov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Albert Shafiev — Imprisoned, 16 years
Thematic group: Salavat case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
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Facility: Prison, Ulyanovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
433513, ул. Калугина д. 66, Ульяновская область, г. Димитровград, ФКУ «Тюрьма УФСИН Ульяновской области», Пуйгин Максим Викторович, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Arrested in September 2016 on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. On 11 December 2017, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.
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