Ilnaz Safiullin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 11 years
- Date of verdict
- 2020-02-04
- Region
- Tatarstan
- City
- Kazan
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 16 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан»
- Address for letters
- 453256, Республика Башкортостан, г.Салават-6, ФКУ «ИК № 16 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Сафиуллин Ильназ Равилович, 1986 г.р.
Case summary
Resident of Kazan. Detained on 14 March 2017 after a search, the next day taken into custody by court order on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism.
On 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime colony.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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