Ilgiz Zagidullin
Ilgiz Zagidullin, born 1973, 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 7 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Sentence
2 years 7 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
First instance, April 19, 2017: 3 years 9 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, he participated in its activities from 2014 to 2016, including recruiting new members and holding organisational meetings, and propagated a version of Islam that was aggressive and unconventional for Tatarstan.
Latest event
September 1, 2019 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 7 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 9 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
- Mubarakzyan Vafin — At large, 2 years 2 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
Zagidullin was detained and remanded in custody in October 2016, along with eight others, on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation; a search was also conducted at his home. He admitted his involvement with Tablighi Jamaat but refused to plead guilty to participating in extremist activities. On 20 April 2017, he was sentenced to three years and nine months in a penal colony. On 26 September, an appellate court reduced the sentence to two years and seven months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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