Marat Saybatalov
Marat Saybatalov, born 1972, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (August 3, 2022): Seventeen years in a high-security prison. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 21, 2019; place of detention: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 12, 2022.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
Seventeen years in a high-security prison
Upheld October 30, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Marat Saybatalov is alleged to have established secretive, networked terrorist cells across various regions in Russia. He is accused of organising financial support for illegal activities, spreading terrorist ideology among the local population, and recruiting Muslims into these extremist groups.
Latest event
October 30, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 12, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast
· Persecution begins
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Damir Abdrafikov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Ruslan Bariev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Rafis Idrisov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Farrukh Mahkamov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Shahboz Makhmudov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Turatbek Osmonkulov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Aidar Tashbulatov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Alim Timkanov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Ruslan Fomin — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Tyumen case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
662606, ул. Горького д. 114 Тюрьма, Красноярский край, г. Минусинск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Сайбаталов Марат Темербулатович, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Marat Saybatalov, a resident of Tyumen, was sentenced to six years in prison in October 2005 due to his involvement with a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Tobolsk. Despite the charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in terrorist offences, Hizb ut-Tahrir had no direct links to terrorist activities.
On 18 November 2019, Saybatalov was detained in Kazan after a search of his daughter's flat, where he was visiting. He was subsequently transferred to Tyumen. On 21 November, a court placed him in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, once again related to his association with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 4 August 2022, Saybatalov was sentenced to 17 years in a high-security prison.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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