{"id":55513,"date":"2024-09-11T12:08:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:24:18","slug":"my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/","title":{"rendered":"Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A blogger from Amur Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for \u2018discrediting\u2019 the Russian army<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Political Prisoners. Memorial\u2019 human rights project, in accordance with<\/strong>\u00a0international standards<\/strong><\/a>, considers Dzhamil Nurakov a political prisoner. Nurakov has been convicted on a charge of repeated \u2018discrediting\u2019 of the Russian army for a comment left on the official VK page of the NTV TV channel. Nurakov\u2019s criminal prosecution and conviction have violated his rights to freedom of expression and fair trial. We demand the release of Dzhamil Nurakov and that all criminal charges against him be dropped.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Who is Dzhamil Nurakov and what were the charges against him?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dzhamil Nurakov is a blogger from the city of Tynda in Amur Oblast. He ran a news blog on the VK social media site. Nurakov regularly published materials critical of the state of affairs in the city and of the activities of local authorities; sometimes he reposted publications criticising the war against Ukraine and the policies of the Russian authorities in general. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Nurakov was twice convicted of the administrative-law offence of \u2018discrediting\u2019 the Russian army. Subsequently, a criminal case was brought against him for repeated \u2018discrediting\u2019 of the army (Article 280.3, Part 1, of the Russian Criminal Code). This charge was based on a comment Nurakov wrote in August 2023 on the official VK page of the NTV TV channel in which he said that the war was a \u2018senseless bloody meat grinder in which two Slavic nations are dying,\u2019 that the war had been started for the sake of \u2018another star for the hero\u2019 Shoigu, and that Putin and Zelensky were responsible for the continuation of the \u2018civil war.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 4 July 2024, Dzhamil Nurakov was sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do we consider Nurakov a political prisoner?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offence of \u2018discrediting\u2019 the army was introduced into the Russian Criminal Code to suppress dissent after the start of Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. The law effectively prohibits any criticism of the war or of the Russian authorities, as well as violating the right to freedom of expression and contradicting the principle of legal certainty. In addition, the introduction of criminal liability for repeated \u2018discrediting\u2019 essentially means that a person may be prosecuted twice for the same act, which contradicts a fundamental principle of law. This law should be rescinded, all related criminal convictions vacated and ongoing charges dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nurakov was convicted for statements he made about Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, despite the fact that in many respects his views are close to those expressed in current Russian propaganda. His primary concern was about losses experienced by the Russian army. This shows yet again that repressive legislation can be used, not only against those who support Ukraine, but also against anyone whose views about the war differ in any way from the government\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is possible that the Tynda city authorities also played a role in Nurakov\u2019s prosecution, as retribution for the popular blogger\u2019s criticisms of local government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A detailed description of Dzhamil Nurakov\u2019s case and of our position is available on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognition of an individual as a political prisoner does not imply the \u2018Political Prisoners. Memorial\u2019 human rights project agrees with, or approves, their views, statements, or actions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you help?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can donate<\/a> to support all political prisoners in Russia. <\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32238,"template":"","class_list":["post-55513","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-amur-oblast","news-type-nashi-novosti-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. Memorial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A blogger from Amur Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for \u2018discrediting\u2019 the Russian army\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. Memorial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A blogger from Amur Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for \u2018discrediting\u2019 the Russian army\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Political prisoners support. Memorial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-19T11:24:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/antivoennaya_pozicziya_site-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/\",\"name\":\"Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. Memorial\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/antivoennaya_pozicziya_site-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-11T09:08:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-19T11:24:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"A blogger from Amur Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for \u2018discrediting\u2019 the Russian army\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/antivoennaya_pozicziya_site-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/antivoennaya_pozicziya_site-4.jpg\",\"width\":1540,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/\",\"name\":\"\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0437\u0430\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445. \u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. Memorial","description":"A blogger from Amur Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for \u2018discrediting\u2019 the Russian army","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. Memorial","og_description":"A blogger from Amur Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for \u2018discrediting\u2019 the Russian army","og_url":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/","og_site_name":"Political prisoners support. Memorial","article_modified_time":"2026-02-19T11:24:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1540,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/antivoennaya_pozicziya_site-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/","url":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/","name":"Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. Memorial","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/antivoennaya_pozicziya_site-4.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-11T09:08:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-19T11:24:18+00:00","description":"A blogger from Amur Oblast has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for \u2018discrediting\u2019 the Russian army","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/antivoennaya_pozicziya_site-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/antivoennaya_pozicziya_site-4.jpg","width":1540,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dzhamilya-nurakova\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430","item":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438","item":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Dzhamil Nurakov is a political prisoner"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/","name":"\u041f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0437\u0430\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445. \u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/55513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}