Additional Name(s): Сейтумеров Сейтумер Шукриевич
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Russia
Ethnic Group: Crimean Tatar
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Appeal: Rejected
Sentence: 17 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: March/11/2020
Date of Sentencing: October/29/2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Religious Association
Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Terrorism Treason & Sedition
Seytumer Seytumerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 11, 2020, authorities arrested Seytumerov, a Crimean Solidarity activist, for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.
On October 29, 2021, the Southern District Military Court in the city of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Seytumerov to 17 years in prison 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 February 9, 2023, the Military Court of Appeal in Vlasikha upheld Seytumerov's sentence.
Seytumerov is married with one child.
Related Cases: Osman Seytumerov, Rustem Seytmemetov, Amet Suleymanov
Photo attributed to Memorial Human Rights Center
"Фигурантам третьего бахчисарайского дела «Хизб ут-Тахрир» утвердили приговор" SOVA Center
"Сейтумеров Сейтумер Шукриевич" Memorial Human Rights Center
"Фигурантов бахчисарайского дела о причастности к запрещённой «Хизб ут-Тахрир» приговорили к срокам от 12 до 17 лет строгого режима" Memorial Human Rights Center
"Russia Gives Four Crimean Tatars Stiff Prison Sentences In Hizb ut-Tahrir Case" Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
"Political prisoner Seytumer Seytumerov forced to celebrate his 33rd birthday in jail" Crimean Tatar Resource Center
"«Мемориал» признал политзаключенными еще четверых крымчан – фигурантов «дела Хизб ут-Тахрир»" Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
"«Мемориал» считает политзаключёнными четверых крымчан, обвиняемых в участии в «Хизб ут-Тахрир»" Memorial Human Rights Center
"Eight Searches and Five Crimean Tatar Activists Detained in Crimea" The Crimean Human Rights Group