Airat Shakirov
Airat Shakirov, born 1991, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan”. Sentence (April 4, 2017): 18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 20, 2015; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Vologda Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 2, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 19, 2017.
In brief
Tatarstan · Aznakayevo · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
18 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony
Upheld August 7, 2017
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting in terrorist activities
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
He distributed literature of the terrorist organisation, recruited new members, and provided financial support to the organisation financially.
Latest event
August 7, 2017 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 2, 2017
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 19, 2017
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Criminal case
Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
- Case number
- 1-6/2017 (1-28/2016;)
Other defendants in the case
- Rainur Ibatullin — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Arslan Salimzyanov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Nail Iunusov — Imprisoned, 17 years
Thematic group: Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Vologda Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
162562, Вологодская область, поселок Шексна, ул. Шоссейная, 42, ФКУ «ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Шакиров Айрат Ильгизарович, 1991 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 19 May 2015, he was detained and brought to Kazan. On 20 May was arrested along with three other people on charges of involvement in the activities of the terrorist organisation - Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 5 April 2017, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.
In November 2019, it became known that Shakirov was placed in a punishment cell (SHIZO) in the colony. Shakirov declared a hunger strike. On 20 November, he was released from the SHIZO.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.