Artur Valov
Artur Valov, born 1987, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Artur Valov and Niiaz Ziiattinov”. Sentence (January 19, 2020): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 25, 2018; place of detention: Prison, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 17, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 14, 2019.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld May 13, 2020
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
He participated in the activities of a terrorist organization, provided financial support with a total amount of no less than 1,500 rubles (≈$26 as of 01.01.2018).
Latest event
May 13, 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, October 17, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 14, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Artur Valov and Niiaz Ziiattinov
Criminal case
The case of Artur Valov and Niiaz Ziiattinov
Other defendants in the case
- Niyaz Ziyattinov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Prison, Ulyanovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
433513, ул. Калугина д. 66, Ульяновская область, г. Димитровград, ФКУ «Тюрьма УФСИН Ульяновской области», Валов Артур Анатольевич, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of the city of Kazan. Detained on 24 April 2018 on suspicion of cooperation with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 25 April, a Kazan court sent him to custody. Valov was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.
On 22 January 2020, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.