Timur Sadykov
Timur Sadykov, born 1979, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The fourth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan”. Sentence (June 4, 2017): Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 17, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 27, 2019.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
5 years
Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld October 5, 2017
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir unit
Latest event
September 15, 2021 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 17, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 27, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· 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
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution begins
The fourth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The fourth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Other defendants in the case
- Bulat Makhmutov — Imprisoned, 15 years 10 months
Thematic group: The fourth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Tatarstan
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in September 2016 on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 5 June 2017, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony; the court of appeal left the sentence unchanged. He was released in September 2021.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.