Ferat Sayfullaev
Ferat Sayfullaev, born 1983, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Sevastopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case”. Sentence (September 6, 2016): Five years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 28, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, July 17, 2016.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · village of Orlinoye · Religious figures · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
5 years
Five years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld December 26, 2016
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation: having been a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir since 2005, joined Zeitullayev's unit no later than April 2014
Latest event
March 31, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 28, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 17, 2016
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 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
· Persecution begins
Sevastopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case
Criminal case
Sevastopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case
Other defendants in the case
- Rustem Vaitov — At large, 5 years
- Nuri (Yuri) Primov — At large, 5 years
Thematic group: Sevastopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on April 2, 2015 on suspicion of involvement in the activities of "Hizb ut-Tahrir", imprisoned; on September 7, 2016, sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.
On March 31, 2020 he was released. Administrative supervision for eight years was established.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.