Alim Timkanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 18 years
- Date of verdict
- 2022-08-03
- Region
- Tyumen Oblast
- City
- Tyumen
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Оренбургской области»
- Address for letters
- 460027, Оренбургская область, г. Оренбург, ул. Донгузская, 142, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Оренбургской области», Тимканов Алим Рахимович, 1975 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 12 October 2022
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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