Alfred Shaimov
Alfred Shaimov, born 1988, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk”. Sentence (February 3, 2016): 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restricted liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 2, 2014; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 27, 2021; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 5, 2020.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
16 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restricted liberty
Upheld June 22, 2016
Charges
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
held meetings, studied Hizb ut-Tahrir literature, recruited new people into the organisation
Latest event
January 27, 2021 — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 27, 2021
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 5, 2020
Timeline
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Criminal case
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Kabirov — At large, 6 years
- Orifjon Mirov — At large, 5 years 6 months
- Salavat Khabirov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Rinat Shamsutdinov — At large, 5 years 6 months
Thematic group: Second Chelyabinsk case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
456658, Челябинская область, г. Копейск, пос. Октябрьский, ул. Городок- 1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Шаимов Альфред Идельярович, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and preparation for the violent seizure of power for membership in "Hizb ut-Tahrir". According to the investigation, being a member of a cell organized by Salavat Khabirov, he organised the group, which included four people. On 4 February 2016, sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.