Ildar Shaykhutdinov
Ildar Shaykhutdinov, born 1975, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies”. Sentence (December 17, 2014): Five years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 2, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, June 20, 2017.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Teachers · Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
5 years 6 months
Five years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
Upheld July 2, 2015
Charges
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
actively participated in the activities of the regional branch of the illegal religious association "Islamic Liberation Party" (Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami), which is banned throughout the Russian Federation by court decision; was engaged in the study and distribution of extremist literature, the involvement of new persons in the organisation, and the dissemination of extremist sentiments among the population; organised and carried out car rallies through the streets of Kazan; used black and white flags with blue and white flags for the purpose of visual propaganda.
Latest event
April 6, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 2, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 20, 2017
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies
Other defendants in the case
- Ilmir Imaev — Deceased, 3 years 5 months
- Azat Khasanov — At large, 6 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies
Details and sources
Full summary
Criminal charges were brought against Ildar Shaykhutdinov and other members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kazan in connection with a series of rallies with the use of symbols of the banned movement, including pickets and car rallies, which were dedicated to the ban on translating the Koran and the persecution of Muslims; shortly before his arrest, he submitted a letter to the administration of Tatarstan about the persecution of Muslims; was taken to pre-trial detention and sentenced to five and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. He was released in April 2019.
Earlier, Shaykhutdinov was sentenced to two and a half years in a strict regime colony on charges of organising the activities of a banned organisation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.