Seiran Saliev
Seiran Saliev, born 1985, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai”. Sentence (March 14, 2022): 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 12, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Tula Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 3, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 28, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
15 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
First instance, September 15, 2020: 16 years
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
participated in activities of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell
Latest event
March 1, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 3, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 28, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 15 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai
Criminal case
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai
Other defendants in the case
- Marlen Asanov — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Memet Belyalov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Server Zekiryaev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Timur Ibragimov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Server Mustafayev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Edem Smailov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Bakhchisarai case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
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Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Tula Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
301781, Тульская область, г. Донской, микрорайон Комсомольский, проезд Димитрова д.1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Тульской области», Салиев Сейран Алимович, 1985 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 October 2017, he was detained after a search, charged with participation in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation, and arrested on 12 October. In February 2019, it became known that Saliev was also accused of public justification of terrorism and preparation for violent seizure of power.
In November, Saliev was sent to a punishment cell for checking the time of salah by clock.
On 16 September 2020, he was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On 15 March 2022, a court of appeal dismissed the charge of public justification of terrorism against Saliev due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and reduced the sentence by a year.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.