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Journalist

Seytumer Seytumerov

Not in RussiaChecked October 18, 2026

Seytumer Seytumerov, born 1985, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Seytumer Seytumerov case”. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, March 25, 2020.

In brief

Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Journalists · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

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Charges

Full wording of the charges

involved in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation

Latest event

August 14, 2020 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  2. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · Persecution begins

    Seytumer Seytumerov case

Criminal case

Seytumer Seytumerov case

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Third Bakhchisarai Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 11 March 2020, Seytumerov's house was searched. It became known that a case was opened against him for organising the activities of a terrorist organisation. Seytumerov left Crimea in 2018.

In November 2017, after the search, a protocol was drawn up on Seytumerov about the public demonstration of symbols of a banned organisation. The court fined him two thousand rubles.

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