Osman Seytumerov
Osman Seytumerov, born 1992, 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): 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 11, 2020; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Vladimir Oblast. 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 · Drivers, Engineers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
14 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty
Upheld September 19, 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 planning a violent seizure of power
Latest event
September 19, 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
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 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
- Rustem Seitmemetov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Seytumer Seytumerov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Amet Suleimanov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Third Bakhchisarai Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Write a letter
Facility: Prison No. 2, Vladimir Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
600020, ул. Большая Нижегородская д. 67, Владимирская область, г. Владимир, ФКУ «Тюрьма № 2 УФСИН по Владимирской области» «Владимирский централ», Сейтумеров Осман Шукриевич, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
11 March 2020 detained after a search. A case was opened for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no relation to terrorism. The next day, the court decided to take Seytumerov into custody. On 29 October 2021, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.
He has a chronic condition—gastritis. An ambulance was called for him in the Vladimir prison due to an exacerbation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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