Additional Name(s): Сейдаметов Ленур Люманович

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Russia

Ethnic Group: Crimean Tatar

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 13 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: February/17/2021

Date of Sentencing: March/22/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Activity Religious Association

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Terrorism Treason & Sedition

Lenur Seydametov

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Lenur Seydametov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Seydametov, accusing him of holding meeting for the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization and spreading its ideas.

On March 22, 2022, the Southern District Military Court sentenced Seydametov to 13 years in prison for “participating in the activities of an organization…recognized as terrorist” (Art. 205.5-2 RCC) and "preparing for actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power or the forcible retention of power” (Art. 30-1/Art. 278 RCC).

In November 2023, it was reported that Seydametov's health had deteriorated in prison. He reportedly suffers from a Baker's cyst and needs surgery on his lower spine.

Seydametov is married with three children.

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