Amet Suleimanov
- 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
- 2021-10-28
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Bakhchysarai
- Facility
- ФКУ «Тюрьма № 2 УФСИН по Владимирской области» «Владимирский централ»
- Address for letters
- 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.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 25 March 2020
This is the assessment of the organisation named above, not ours. FACTUM reports it with attribution and does not make its own.
Case 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".
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.