Shamil Sharipov
Shamil Sharipov, born 1977, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (July 29, 2018): 14 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 450,000 rubles, 1 year of restriction of freedom… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 6, 2015; place of detention: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Mechanics · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
14 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 450,000 rubles, 1 year of restriction of freedom nunder Part 2 of Art. 282.2 impose a fine in the amount of 80 thousand rubles and release from punishment
Upheld September 20, 2020
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, prepared for a violent seizure of power
Latest event
September 20, 2020 — 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, May 3, 2016
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 25, 2016
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
The case of the twenty-one
Criminal case
The case of the twenty-one
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Akhmetov — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Fanis Akhmetshin — At large, 11 years
- Linar Vakhitov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rustem Galliamov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ilgiz Gimaletdinov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Azamat Kaiumov — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Alexander Kornev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Rustem Latypov — At large, 8 years
- Radmir Maksutov — At large, 10 years
- Farid Mustafaev — At large, 11 years
- Khalil Mustafin — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Rinat Nurlygaianov — Imprisoned, 24 years
- Artur Salimov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Irek Tagirov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Aramis Fazylov — At large, 5 years
- Danis Faizrakhmanov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rafael Fattakhov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ruslan Fattakhov — At large, 10 years
- Rustem Khamzin — Imprisoned, 23 years
- Ural Iakupov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
457670, ул. Северная д.1, Челябинская область, г. Верхнеуральск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Шарипов Шамиль Хажгалиевич, 1977 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on February 4th 2015, together with 30 other suspects of participation in "Hizb ut-Tahrir" activities, arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016, he was also charged with preparing for a violent seizure of power
On November 1st 2017, during the court session, the court removed Sharipov's defense attorney Almira Zhukova from the hearing.
On July 30th 2018, Sharipov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.
In 2014, Sharipov was a suspect in a case of involvement in an extremist organisation.
In October 2008, he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for a similar case.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.