Eldar Ramazanov
Eldar Ramazanov, born 1984, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Karim Ibragimov, Ilyas Kagirov and Eldar Ramazanov”. Sentence (August 16, 2016): 16 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, to be exempted from the penalty of deprivation of liberty… Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 2, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 28, 2020.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
16 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, to be exempted from the penalty of deprivation of liberty under article 282.2 of the Criminal Code
Upheld December 12, 2016
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
organised the activities of a terrorist cell, established the party's media office, and set up the video channel "Islam in St. Petersburg", through which he promoted the anti-constitutional ideas of the "Islamic State", to which he attracted other people.
Latest event
July 2, 2020 — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 2, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 28, 2020
Timeline
· 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
· Appeal ruling
released from serving the sentence, upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Karim Ibragimov, Ilyas Kagirov and Eldar Ramazanov
Criminal case
The case of Karim Ibragimov, Ilyas Kagirov and Eldar Ramazanov
Other defendants in the case
- Karim Ibragimov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Ilyas Kagirov — At large, 5 years
Thematic group: St. Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
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Full summary
Detained during searches of flats and dormitories by officers of the FSB, the Centre for Countering Extremism, the Grad special unit and the OMON; taken into custody; placed on the list of terrorists and extremists; sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony on 17 August 2016
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Turkmenistan
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.