Emil Shangareev
Emil Shangareev, born 1993, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (April 25, 2019): 13 years' imprisonment in strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 18, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Samara Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 19, 2019.
In brief
Tatarstan · Almetyevsk · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in strict regime penal colony
Upheld September 23, 2019
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of the "Hizb ut-Tahrir" cell
Latest event
November 25, 2019 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, April 25, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 19, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· 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”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Anas Gimazetdinov — Imprisoned, 17 years 9 months
- Azat Zagiev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Irek Mukhametov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Rinat Khannanov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Almetyevsk "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Samara Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
446214, Самарская обл., г. Новокуйбышевск, ул. Вторая Промышленная, 8, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Шангареев Эмиль Фанилевич, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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