Linar Vakhitov
Linar Vakhitov, born 1983, Bashkortostan. 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); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the twenty-one”. Sentence (July 29, 2018): 22 years' of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 700 thousand rubles, 1 year 6 months of restriction… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 27, 2015; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 3, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 25, 2016.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Human rights defenders · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
22 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 700 thousand rubles, 1 year 6 months of restriction of freedom. Under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 and part 2 of Art. 282.2 impose a fine in the amount of 100 thousand and 50 thousand rubles, release from punishment
Upheld September 20, 2020
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
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the organisation and activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, prepared for a violent seizure of power
Latest event
September 20, 2020 — 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 3, 2016
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 25, 2016
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 22 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of the twenty-one
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
Criminal case
The case of the twenty-one
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Akhmetov — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Fanis Akhmetshin — At large, 11 years
- Rustem Galliamov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ilgiz Gimaletdinov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Azamat Kaiumov — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Alexander Kornev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Rustem Latypov — At large, 8 years
- Radmir Maksutov — At large, 10 years
- Farid Mustafaev — At large, 11 years
- Khalil Mustafin — Imprisoned, 21 years
- Rinat Nurlygaianov — Imprisoned, 24 years
- Artur Salimov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Irek Tagirov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Aramis Fazylov — At large, 5 years
- Danis Faizrakhmanov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Rafael Fattakhov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Ruslan Fattakhov — At large, 10 years
- Rustem Khamzin — Imprisoned, 23 years
- Shamil Sharipov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ural Iakupov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
456658, Челябинская область, г. Копейск, пос. Октябрьский, ул. Городок- 1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Вахитов Линар Мунирович, 1983 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 4 February 2015 as part of the prosecution of members of Hizb ut-Tahrir on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, arrested; in January 2016, a charge of preparing for a violent seizure of power was added. On 30 July 2018, sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony.
In 2014, he was a suspect in a case of involvement in an extremist organisation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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