Nail Iunusov
Nail Iunusov, born 1989, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan”. Sentence (April 4, 2017): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 20, 2015; place of detention: Penal colony No. 11, Kirov Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 2, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 19, 2017.
In brief
Tatarstan · Aznakayevo, Kazan · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld August 7, 2017
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
distributed literature of a terrorist organisation, recruited new members, and supported the organisation financially.
Latest event
August 7, 2017 — 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, July 2, 2017
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 19, 2017
Timeline
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Criminal case
Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
- Case number
- 1-6/2017 (1-28/2016;)
Other defendants in the case
- Rainur Ibatullin — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Arslan Salimzyanov — Imprisoned, 16 years
- Airat Shakirov — Imprisoned, 18 years
Thematic group: Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 11, Kirov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
613035, деревня Утробино, Кировская область, г. Кирово- Чепецк, ФКУ «ИК № 11 УФСИН России по Кировской области», Юнусов Наиль Нажибович, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 19th of May, 2015, he was detained (according to his wife, force was used against him and her) and on 20th of May he was arrested together with three other people charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, "Hizb-ut-Tahrir". On 5th of April, 2017, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.