Server Zekiryaev
Server Zekiryaev, born 1973, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in 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); “The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai”. Sentence (September 15, 2020): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 12, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Tula Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 3, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 28, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld March 13, 2022
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in 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
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell
Latest event
November 1, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 3, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 28, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 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 Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai
Criminal case
The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai
Other defendants in the case
- Marlen Asanov — Imprisoned, 19 years
- Memet Belyalov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Timur Ibragimov — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Server Mustafayev — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Seiran Saliev — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Edem Smailov — Imprisoned, 13 years
Thematic group: Second Bakhchisarai case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Tula Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
301781, Тульская область, г. Донской, микрорайон Комсомольский, проезд Димитрова д.1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Тульской области», Зекирьяев Сервер Зекиевич, 1973 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On October 11, 2017, he was detained after a search, charged with participation in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organization, arrested on October 12. In February 2019, he was also charged with preparation for violent seizure of power.
On September 16, 2020, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal 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.