Additional Name(s): Samat Asylkhanovich Adilov

Gender: Male

Current Location: Investigation Prison LA-155/18, Turksib, Almaty

Perpetrator: Kazakhstan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 5 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: October/27/2018

Date of Sentencing: August/5/2019

Date of Release: October//2023

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Online Activity Religious Activity Religious Belief Religious Expression

Nature of Charges: Hate Speech

Samat Adilov

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Samat Adilov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Adilov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.

On August 5, 2019, the Almaly District Court in Almaty sentenced Adilov to five years and six months in prison for “incitement of social, national, patrimonial, racial, class or religious discord…by group of persons” (Art. 174-2 KCC). It also fined him 48,100 tenges and froze his bank accounts.

On November 20, 2019, Adilov's appeal was denied.

In October 2023, Adilov was released from prison. 

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Additional Name(s): Nazim Alimzhanovich Abdrakhmanov

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Kazakhstan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 5 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: October/27/2018

Date of Sentencing: August/5/2019

Date of Release: June/9/2023

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Online Activity Religious Activity Religious Belief Religious Expression

Nature of Charges: Hate Speech

Nazim Abdrakhmanov

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Nazim Abdrakhmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Abdrakhmanov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.

On August 5, 2019, the Almaly District Court in Almaty sentenced Abdrakhmanov to five years and six months in prison for “incitement of social, national, patrimonial, racial, class or religious discord…by group of persons” (Art. 174-2 KCC). It also fined him 48,100 tenges and froze his bank accounts.

On November 20, 2019, Abdrakhmanov's appeal was denied.

On June 9, 2023, Abdrakhmanov was released from prison on probation.

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Additional Name(s): Габдрахмана Наумова

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Russia

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 6 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: March//2020

Date of Sentencing: November/2/2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism Illicit Financing

Gabdrakhman Naumov

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Gabdrakhman Naumov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

in March 2020, authorities arrested Naumov, an Islamic scholar at the Russian Islamic University and a former imam, after accusing him of leading a Nurcular cell. They claimed that he had organized the activities of the group and held meetings for it. 

On November 2, 2021, the Privolzhsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Naumov to six years and six months in prison for “organizing the activities of a public or religious association or other organization in respect of which a court has adopted a final decision to liquidate or ban activities in connection with extremist activities” (Art. 282.2-1 RCC) and “collecting funds…intended to finance the organization, preparation and commission of at least one of the crimes of an extremist orientation, or to ensure the activities of an extremist community or an extremist organization” (Art. 282.3-1 RCC).

On February 8, 2022, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan upheld Naumov's sentence.

On July 21, 2022, the Sixth Court of Cassations in Samara upheld Naumov's sentence.

Naumov has four children.

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