Iashar Shikhametov
Iashar Shikhametov, born 1970, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Iashar Shikhametov’s case”. Sentence (September 8, 2022): 11 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 17, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 37, Kemerovo Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 26, 2023; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 7, 2021.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld September 20, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
He participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Latest event
September 20, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 26, 2023
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 7, 2021
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Iashar Shikhametov’s case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
Criminal case
Iashar Shikhametov’s case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 37, Kemerovo Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
652100, Кемеровская обл., Яйский район, р.п. Яя, ул. Жуковского, 1, ФКУ «ИК № 37 ГУФСИН России по Кемеровской области», Шихаметов Яшар Рустемович, 1970 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of occupied Crimea. On 17 February 2021, he was detained and taken into custody on the same day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 9 September 2022, Shikhametov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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