Mubarakzyan Vafin
Mubarakzyan Vafin, born 1988, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan”. Sentence (September 25, 2017): 2 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Tatarstan · Drivers · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 2 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony
First instance, April 19, 2017: 2 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Knowing that the association was banned, from 2014 to 2016 he participated in its activities, including recruiting new members and holding meetings of the organisation's members, and promoted aggressive and unconventional for Tatarstan Islam.
Latest event
May 1, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 2 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
- Case number
- 1-503/2017
Other defendants in the case
- Salavat Baiazitov — At large, 2 years 4 months
- Ilgiz Zagidullin — At large, 2 years 7 months
- Lenar Ziiatdinov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Renat Nasretdinov — At large, 2 years 4 months
- Gaiar Sudiiarov — At large, 1 year 9 months
- Ramil Sultanov — At large, 2 years 4 months
- Khadyatullo Khasanov — At large, 1 year 9 months
- Marat Sharifullin — At large, 2 years 5 months
Thematic group: Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained and arrested in October 2016 alongside eight other people on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, his home was searched. Vafin admitted involvement in "Tablighi Jamaat", but refused to admit that he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20th of April 2017, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On 26th of September, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two years and two months. He was released in October 2018.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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