Airat Usmanov
Airat Usmanov, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow”. Sentence (September 16, 2018): 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with 6 months' restriction. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 25, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 14, 2018.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Mechanics · Extremism cases
Sentence
4 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with 6 months' restriction
Upheld April 28, 2019
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Recruited new members to the activities of the association, including in the Moscow region, by recruiting adherents of non-traditional movements in Islam, surrounded by religious Muslim prayer facilities
Latest event
May 28, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 25, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 14, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· 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
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow
Other defendants in the case
- Bekzod Bakirov — Location unknown, 4 years
- Akhmet Dzhumaev — Not in Russia, 4 years
- Islambek Kamchybekov — Location unknown, 6 years 6 months
- Shakir Kozhamkulov — Not in Russia, 6 years 6 months
- Gazybek Kubatov — Not in Russia, 4 years
- Zufar Mustafin — Location unknown, 4 years
- Kanybek Suiunduk uulu — Not in Russia, 6 years 6 months
Thematic group: Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat
Details and sources
Full summary
On 18 January 2017, he was detained in Kazan on suspicion of involvement in the "Moscow cell" of Tablighi Jamaat, transported to Moscow, arrested on 18 January. On 17 September 2018, sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was released in November 2019.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.