Niyaz Ziyattinov
Niyaz Ziyattinov, 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 21, 2020): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 25, 2018; place of detention: Penal colony No. 26, Samara 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 · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld May 11, 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
participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and financed the activities with cash in the amount of 3,000 roubles
Latest event
May 11, 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
- Artur Valov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 26, Samara Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
443527, с. Спиридоновка, ул. Советская, уч. 1 Д, Самарская обл., Волжский район, ФКУ «ИК № 26 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Зияттинов Нияз Рэфкатевич, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ziyattinov was detained on 24 April 2018 in Kazan in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism. On 25 April, the Vakhitovsky district court of Kazan chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention.
On 22 January 2020, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal 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.