Refat Seidametov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 14 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-04-29
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Dzhankoy
- Address for letters
- 344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Сейдаметов Рефат Сеитхалилович, 1969 г.р.
Case summary
On 24 January 2023, the Federal Security Service (FSB) officers conducted searches in several villages in the Dzhankoy district of Crimea, targeting Crimean Tatars. As a result, six individuals, including Refat Seidametov, were detained and transferred to Simferopol. The following day, a court placed all six in pre-trial detention on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and preparing for the violent seizure of power, due to their involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has not been associated with any acts of violence.
At the hearing on pre-trial detention measures, lawyers who wished to assist the detainees were not allowed to attend because they were already representing other defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Residents gathered outside the courthouse in support of the detainees, and police detained more than 30 people.
On August 22, 2023, the case was assigned to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.
On April 29, 2025, Seidametov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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