Artur Salimov
Artur Salimov, born 1986, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing 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); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (July 29, 2018): Twenty-two years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 600,000 roubles, 1 year 6 months… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 6, 2015; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Electricians · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
22 years
Twenty-two years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 600,000 roubles, 1 year 6 months restriction of freedomnunder the Part 1 of Art. 282.2 to impose a fine in the amount of 100 thousand rubles and release from punishment
Upheld September 20, 2020
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing 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
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, and was preparing for a violent seizure of power
Latest event
September 20, 2020 — 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, May 3, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 25, 2016
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 22 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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 Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
The case of the twenty-one
Criminal case
The case of the twenty-one
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Akhmetov — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Fanis Akhmetshin — At large, 11 years
- Linar Vakhitov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rustem Galliamov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ilgiz Gimaletdinov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Azamat Kaiumov — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Alexander Kornev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Rustem Latypov — At large, 8 years
- Radmir Maksutov — At large, 10 years
- Farid Mustafaev — At large, 11 years
- Khalil Mustafin — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Rinat Nurlygaianov — Imprisoned, 24 years
- Irek Tagirov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Aramis Fazylov — At large, 5 years
- Danis Faizrakhmanov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rafael Fattakhov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ruslan Fattakhov — At large, 10 years
- Rustem Khamzin — Imprisoned, 23 years
- Shamil Sharipov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ural Iakupov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
629400, Ямало-Ненецкий АО, г. Лабытнанги, ул. Северная, д. 33, Лабытнанги | ФКУ ИК-8 УФСИН России по Ямало-Ненецкому автономному округу, Салимов Артур Раулевич, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects for participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016 he was also charged with preparation for a violent seizure of power. On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony.
In the colony Salimov's detention conditions were tightened due to prayers.
In 2014, he was a suspect in a case of involvement in an extremist organisation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.