Edem Smailov
Edem Smailov, born 1968, 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 second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai”. Sentence (September 15, 2020): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 1, 2018; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Kostroma Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 3, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 28, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony
Upheld March 14, 2022
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
participated in the activities of a cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Latest event
March 14, 2022 — 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, February 3, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 28, 2018
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai
· 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
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai
Other defendants in the case
- Marlen Asanov — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Memet Belyalov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Server Zekiryaev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Timur Ibragimov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Server Mustafayev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Seiran Saliev — Imprisoned, 15 years
Thematic group: Second Bakhchisarai case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Kostroma Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
156019, Кострома, Костромская обл., ул. Щербины Петра, 21, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Костромской области», Смаилов Эдем Назимович, 1968 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On May 21, 2018 he was detained and later arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation for alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. In February 2019, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power.
On September 16, 2020, sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.