Ilgiz Shakurov
Ilgiz Shakurov, born 1981, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan”. Sentence (September 3, 2018): 1 year 9 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 21, 2018; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 17, 2018.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year 9 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty
First instance, May 13, 2018: 2 years 3 months
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Organised events to "call" Muslims to implement Islamic norms, agitated other Muslims to join the movement, organised and attended meetings, studied and stored TJ literature
Latest event
September 14, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 21, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 17, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 1 year 9 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 3 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan
Other defendants in the case
- Aidar Galeev — Location unknown, 1 year 9 months
- Fanis Galliamov — Location unknown, 1 year 11 months
Thematic group: The second case of "Tablighi Jamaat" in Bashkortostan
Details and sources
Full summary
On 14 May 2018, Ilgiz Shakurov, a Muslim from Bashkortostan, was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony on charges of involvement in the international Islamic religious movement Tablighi Jamaat ("Propaganda of Faith", hereinafter - TJ), recognised as extremist and banned in Russia by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, he organised events to "call" Muslims to follow the norms of Islam, agitated other Muslims to join the movement, organised and attended meetings, studied and stored TJ literature. He had been in custody since 13 July 2017. On 4 September 2018, the appeal court reduced the sentence to one year and nine months. He was released on 14 September 2018.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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