Aider Umerov
- Criminal Code
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2022-11-10
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Simferopol
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Ставропольскому краю»
- Address for letters
- 357000, Ставропольский край, с. Кочубеевское, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Ставропольскому краю», Умеров Айдер Османович, 1996 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 7 July 2024
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Case summary
Resident of Genicheskiy district, Kherson region (Ukraine). On 27 May 2022, it became known that unknown persons abducted him and took him to Crimea, where he was taken into custody. He was accused of participating in the activities of an illegal armed formation, namely the "Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion", which at that time had apparently been dormant for a long time. On 10 November 2022, Umerov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.
Others charged under Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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