Lenar Saitov
Lenar Saitov, born 1987, Tatarstan. 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 Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan”. Sentence (December 7, 2017): 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 15, 2014; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Orenburg Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 1, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, November 9, 2017.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
19 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld July 10, 2018
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
participated in organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and involved the minor Kormatsky in its activities
Latest event
July 10, 2018 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 1, 2017
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 9, 2017
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 19 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Other defendants in the case
- Azat Adiev — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Albert Valiullin — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Ruzil Davletshin — Imprisoned, 18 years 6 months
- Radik Zaripov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Timur Uzbekov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Asgat Khafizov — Imprisoned, 19 years 2 months
- Pavel Hevronin — Imprisoned, 18 years
Thematic group: Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Orenburg Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
461551, Оренбургская область, пос. Меловой завод, ул. Заводская, 5, ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Оренбургской области», Саитов Ленар Азатович, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 14 October 2014, he was detained during a search and, on 15 October, arrested along with seven other people on charges of participating in the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 8 December 2017, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.