Kabul Usenbaev
Kabul Usenbaev, born 1969, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Kabul Usenbayev”. Sentence (June 3, 2019): Thirteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 24, 2018.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
Thirteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld October 9, 2019
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Under unspecified circumstances, between 2005 and 2014, he joined the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir party; in November 2014, he propagandised the party's activities in a conversation with an acquaintance at Novosibirsk's Central Market, in February 2015, he gave him a flash drive with Hizb ut-Tahrir doctrine; between 2015 and 2018, he conducted 14 propaganda conversations with acquaintances
Latest event
October 9, 2019 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Kabul Usenbayev
Criminal case
The case of Kabul Usenbayev
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Full summary
On 23 May 2018, he was detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. Usenbayev believes that he is being persecuted for criticising the political and economic situation in Russia.
On 4 June 2019, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.
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