Emil Shangareev
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 13 years
- Date of verdict
- 2019-04-25
- Region
- Tatarstan
- City
- Almetyevsk
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Самарской области»
- Address for letters
- 446214, Самарская обл., г. Новокуйбышевск, ул. Вторая Промышленная, 8, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Шангареев Эмиль Фанилевич, 1993 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 25 April 2019
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Case summary
Shangareev Emil is a resident of Almetyevsk (Republic of Tatarstan). He was detained on October 17, 2017, and formally arrested the following day on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, due to his alleged involvement with the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir". On April 26, 2019, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
While in the colony, he spent several months in a punishment cell.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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