Shaban Umerov
Shaban Umerov, born 1969, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov”. Sentence (March 9, 2022): Eighteen years of imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, one year and six months of restriction of freedom. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 17, Murmansk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 23, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 13, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
18 years
Eighteen years of imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, one year and six months of restriction of freedom.
Upheld March 28, 2023
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
He was one of the leaders of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell who, using covert methods during meetings, spread terrorist ideology among residents of the peninsula and recruited Crimean Muslims into the organization. He was also accused of involvement in preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.
Latest event
March 28, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 23, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 13, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov
Criminal case
The case of Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov
Other defendants in the case
- Raim Ayvazov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Farkhod Bazarov — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Remzi Bekirov — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Riza Izetov — Imprisoned, 19 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 17, Murmansk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
183035, Россия, г. Мурманск, ул. Угольная база, 9, ФКУ «ИК № 17 УФСИН России по Мурманской области», Умеров Шабан Изетович, 1969 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
An activist of "Crimean Solidarity". On March 27th, 2019, he was detained after a search, and on the next day, he was taken into custody on charges of organizing activities of a terrorist organization. He was sent to a pre-trial detention center in the Rostov region and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Umerov was also charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On March 10th, 2022, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.