Rustem Sheikhaliyev
Rustem Sheikhaliyev, born 1979, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. 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); “The case of Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev”. Sentence (November 23, 2022): Fourteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, two years' restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Amur Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 23, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 13, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Journalists · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
14 years
Fourteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, two years' restriction of liberty
Upheld February 1, 2024
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
Full wording of the charges
He was one of the rank-and-file members of the 'Hizb ut-Tahrir' cell, used conspiracy measures during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's inhabitants, recruited Crimean Muslims into its ranks, and participated in preparations for the overthrow of the constitutional order.
Latest event
February 1, 2024 — 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 23, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 13, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Persecution begins
The case of Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev
Criminal case
The case of Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev
Other defendants in the case
- Enver Ametov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Osman Arifmemetov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Yashar Muyedinov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Ruslan Suleimanov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Amur Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
676910, Амурская область, Ивановский район, с. Среднебелая, ул. Герки Рулёва, 2, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Амурской области», Шейхалиев Рустем Динарович, 1979 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Crimean Solidarity activist. On 27 March 2019, he was detained after a search and the next day taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region. In March 2020, it became known that Sheikhaliyev was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.
On 24 November 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.
On 16 January 2024, before the appeal hearing, Sheikhaliyev suffered a severe nosebleed: in the morning in the cell of the pre-trial detention centre, the bleeding stopped only after an injection from a paramedic, while in the cell for video link the bleeding lasted for more than 20 minutes. Three days before the hearing, Sheikhaliyev complained of headaches, for which painkillers did not help, and that he was denied an ECG.
He has chronic pyelonephritis, right kidney prolapse, varicose veins on his legs, and is also concerned about his teeth.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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