Vadim Siruk
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 12 years
- Date of verdict
- 2019-11-11
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Yalta
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан»
- Address for letters
- 453256 Республика Башкортостан, г. Салават, станция Южная, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Сирук Вадим Андреевич, 1989 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscienceby Amnesty International, 2 October 2019
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Case summary
He was detained on February 11, 2016, during mass searches and arrests in Crimea. He was arrested on suspicion of participating in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned as a terrorist organization. In July 2016, he was placed in a special unit of the pre-trial detention center as a “dangerous detainee.” In January 2017, he was additionally charged with preparing for the violent seizure of power.
On November 12, 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony.
In January 2020, it became known that Siruk had been placed in a special unit at Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3 in the Rostov region.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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