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Ilnaz Safiullin

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Ilnaz Safiullin, born 1986, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Kazan”. Sentence (February 4, 2020): Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 15, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 16, Bashkortostan. 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, July 8, 2019.

In brief

Tatarstan · Kazan · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

11 years

Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Verdict February 4, 2020

Upheld May 30, 2021

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of the cell

Latest event

May 30, 2021 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 11 years

  3. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan

Criminal case

The case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Kazan

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Write a letter

Facility: Penal colony No. 16, Bashkortostan

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

453256, Республика Башкортостан, г.Салават-6, ФКУ «ИК № 16 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Сафиуллин Ильназ Равилович, 1986 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

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.

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Sources (2)

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