Ildar Shaykhutdinov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2014-12-17
- Region
- Tatarstan
- City
- Kazan
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 2 July 2017
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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