Rustem Seitmemetov
Rustem Seitmemetov, born 1973, 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 Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case”. Sentence (October 28, 2021): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony; one year restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 11, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 16, Bashkortostan. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 25, 2020.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony; one year restriction of liberty
Upheld September 20, 2024
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 the activities of a terrorist organisation and in the planning of a forcible seizure of power
Latest event
September 20, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, March 25, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty 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 Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case
Other defendants in the case
- Osman Seytumerov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Seytumer Seytumerov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Amet Suleimanov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Third Bakhchisarai Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 16, Bashkortostan
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
453256, Республика Башкортостан, г.Салават-6, ФКУ «ИК № 16 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Сейтмеметов Рустем Абдураманович, 1973 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained following a search on 11 March 2020. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. The next day, the court ruled to place Seitmemetov in custody. On 29 October 2021, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.
Rustem has health issues — cataracts in both eyes and spinal problems.
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.