Alim Timkanov
Alim Timkanov, born 1975, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (August 3, 2022): eighteen years in a high-security prison. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 21, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Orenburg Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 12, 2022.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
18 years
eighteen years in a high-security prison
Upheld October 30, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Alim Timkanov is alleged to have established secretive, networked terrorist cells across various regions in Russia. He is accused of organising financial support for illegal activities, spreading terrorist ideology among the local population, and recruiting Muslims into these extremist groups.
Latest event
October 30, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 12, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast
· Persecution begins
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Damir Abdrafikov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Ruslan Bariev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Rafis Idrisov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Farrukh Mahkamov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Shahboz Makhmudov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Turatbek Osmonkulov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Marat Saybatalov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Aidar Tashbulatov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Ruslan Fomin — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Tyumen case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Orenburg Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
460027, Оренбургская область, г. Оренбург, ул. Донгузская, 142, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Оренбургской области», Тимканов Алим Рахимович, 1975 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
In April 2007, Alim Timkanov from Tyumen was sentenced to two years and five months in prison for his involvement in a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Tobolsk, on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organization.
On 18 November 2019, Timkanov was detained following a search and subsequently sent to Kazan for interrogation. On 21 November, a court in Tyumen placed him in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, again due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is officially classified as a terrorist organization in Russia despite having no direct ties to terrorism. On 4 August 2022, Timkanov was sentenced to 18 years in a high-security prison.
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