Ismet Ibragimov

Ismet Ibragimov is a resident of Simferopol. He was detained on the 7th of July, 2020 and taken into custody the next day on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation. He was also accused of preparing a violent change of power. The reason for the prosecution was the alleged involvement in the Islamic party "Hizb ut-Tahrir". Human rights activists believe that the banning of this party marking it a terrorist organisation had no grounds. However, this decision gave a reason to prosecute hundreds of people in the Russian Federation and Crimea as terrorists solely based on the party activities: meetings, study of literature, and involvement of new supporters. On the 8th of July, 2022, Ibragimov was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime penal colony.