Renat Suleymanov
Renat Suleymanov, born 1969, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea”. Sentence (January 21, 2019): Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, restriction of liberty for one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 27, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 22, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Service workers · Extremism cases
Sentence
4 years
Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, restriction of liberty for one year
Upheld April 15, 2019
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of the banned extremist organisation Tablighi Jamaat
Latest event
December 24, 2021 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 27, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 22, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· 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”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· 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
· Persecution begins
Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Criminal case
Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Other defendants in the case
- Talyat Abdurakhmanov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Arsen Kubedinov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Seyran Mustafayev — At large, 2 years 6 months
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea
Details and sources
Full summary
2 October 2017 detained after a search of his house, accused of involvement in an extremist organisation. On 3 October he was arrested. In September 2018, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but in November it came back to the court. On 22 January 2019, Suleymanov was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.
He was released on 4 January 2021. During the year, he is obliged to mark in the supervisory bodies and is not allowed to leave the territory of Crimea.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.