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Timur Uzbekov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Timur Uzbekov, born 1990, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of or participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan”. Sentence (December 7, 2017): 18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony; 1,6 years of restriction of liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 15, 2014; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Tambov Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 1, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, November 9, 2017.

In brief

Tatarstan · Kazan · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

18 years

imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony; 1,6 years of restriction of liberty.

Verdict December 7, 2017

Upheld July 10, 2018

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation

Latest event

July 10, 2018 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 18 years

  4. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  5. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan

Criminal case

The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan

Write a letter

Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Tambov Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

392000, Тамбовская область, г. Тамбов, ул. Мичуринская д. 57, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Тамбовской области», Узбеков Тимур Нариманович, 1990 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 14th of October 2014 Uzbekov was detained during a search in his apartment and, on 15th of October he was arrested together with seven other people on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, the members of which have never committed a terrorist attack. On 8th of December 2017, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code

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