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Komil Matiev

Komil Matiev

45 yr old (born in 04.09.1980)

Address: 424006, г. Йошкар-Ола, ул. Строителей, 56а, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Республике Марий Эл», Матиев Комиль Каримович, 1980 г.р.

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Resident of Kazan. On 14 March 2017, he was detained after a search and then arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organization in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which is not related to terrorism.

A charge of incitement to hatred was added on 25 December and a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added on 8 January 2018.

On 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony.

You can read more about politically persecuted people in the Telegram channel OVD-Info LIVE and our database of politically motivated criminal prosecutions.

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Address: 424006, г. Йошкар-Ола, ул. Строителей, 56а, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Республике Марий Эл», Матиев Комиль Каримович, 1980 г.р.

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