Amet Suleimanov
Amet Suleimanov, born 1984, 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 Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case”. Sentence (October 28, 2021): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, followed by one year of freedom restrictions. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 11, 2020; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Vladimir Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 25, 2020.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony, followed by one year of freedom restrictions
Upheld September 20, 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
participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and of planning violent overthrow of the government
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 Human Rights Centre, March 25, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case
Other defendants in the case
- Rustem Seitmemetov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Osman Seytumerov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Seytumer Seytumerov — Imprisoned, 17 years
Thematic group: Third Bakhchisarai Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Write a letter
Facility: Prison No. 2, Vladimir Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
600020, ул. Большая Нижегородская д. 67, Владимирская область, г. Владимир, ФКУ «Тюрьма № 2 УФСИН по Владимирской области» «Владимирский централ», Сулейманов Амет Рефатович, 1984 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 March 2020, Suleimanov was detained after being searched in a case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with suspected involvement in the in the activities of a terrorist organisation, due to suspected links to the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir – a group not associated with terrorism. On 12 March, a court placed Suleymanov under house arrest. On 29 October 2021, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony.
While in prison, his health significantly deteriorated. Amet was recommended to undergo heart valve replacement surgery. Two of Suleymanov’s medical diagnoses are included in the official list of conditions that warrant release from detention. However, a prison medical officer told the court that Suleimanov's illness was “not severe enough".
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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