Ruslan Zainullin
Ruslan Zainullin, born 1990, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa”. Sentence (February 20, 2019): 15 years' imprisonment in strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 9, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Tver Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 27, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 19, 2018.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
15 years
imprisonment in strict regime colony
Upheld October 17, 2019
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of the party cell in Ufa, organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to 20 April 2017: attended illegal meetings, agitated other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature, and observed conspiracy measures
Latest event
October 17, 2019 — 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, January 27, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 19, 2018
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 15 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 №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa
Criminal case
The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa
Other defendants in the case
- Ural Abdrakhimov — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Radik Valiakhmetov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Timur Gadiev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Ural Galiev — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Vadim Davletbaev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Batyr Mukhametov — Imprisoned, 16 years 6 months
- Artem Naumov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Bulat Rakhmanov — Imprisoned, 16 years 3 months
- Ruslan Rakhmatullin — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Iaroslav Timofeev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Mikhail Toptygin — Imprisoned, 15 years
Thematic group: Third Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Tver Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
170017, Тверская область, г. Тверь, пос. Большие Перемерки д. 18, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Тверской области», Зайнуллин Руслан Александрович, 1990 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Ufa. On 6 April 2011, detained on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, released under recognizance not to leave. In February 2012, he was given a suspended sentence.
In February 2017, he was detained and later arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation, also in connection with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 21 February 2019, sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.