Additional Name(s): Enver Shevketovich Mamutov, Мамутов Энвер Шевкетович

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Russia

Ethnic Group: Crimean Tatar

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Reduced to 16 Years, 9 Months' Imprisonment

Sentence: Originally 17 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: May/12/2016

Date of Sentencing: July/11/2019

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity Religious Association Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Terrorism Treason & Sedition

Enver Mamutov

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Enver Mamutov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On May 12, 2016, authorities arrested Mamutov after accusing him of leading a cell of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization. Mamutov and his colleagues reportedly met together, read the organization's literature, and discussed religious, political, and philosophical issues, all of which are ordinary religious activities.

On December 24, 2018, the North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced Mamutov to 17 years in prison and one-and-a-half years of restricted freedom for "organizing the activities of an organization…recognized as terrorist" (Art. 205.5-1 RCC) and "preparing for actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power or the forcible retention of power” (Art. 30-1/Art. 278 RCC).

On July 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of Russia reduced Mamutov's sentence by three months, making it 16 years and nine months in prison.

Mamutov is married with seven children.

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