Airat Shakirov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 18 years
- Date of verdict
- 2017-04-04
- Region
- Tatarstan
- City
- Aznakayevo
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Вологодской области»
- Address for letters
- 162562, Вологодская область, поселок Шексна, ул. Шоссейная, 42, ФКУ «ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Шакиров Айрат Ильгизарович, 1991 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 2 July 2017
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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