{"id":66761,"date":"2026-10-14T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/?post_type=news&p=66761"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:30:52","slug":"muslim-man-jailed-in-russia-over-hizb-ut-tahrir-links-dies-in-penal-colony","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/muslim-man-jailed-in-russia-over-hizb-ut-tahrir-links-dies-in-penal-colony\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim man jailed in Russia over Hizb ut-Tahrir links dies in penal colony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Muslim man jailed in Russia over alleged involvement in the banned group Hizb ut-Tahrir has died in a penal colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rustam Khalikov, 49, from the city of Chelyabinsk, is believed to have died on 27 September in Penal Colony No. 4 in Penza Oblast, the human rights project, Free120<\/a>, said. The cause of his death is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rustam Khalikov was arrested in November 2019 and sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of taking part in Hizb ut-Tahrir and involving others in the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hizb ut-Tahrir is an international Islamist organisation that Russia designated a terrorist organisation in 2003.
His mother has said<\/a> that he was interested in the group\u2019s activities but was not a member. She has also said that religious literature was planted<\/a> on him during a search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-66761","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","regions-chelyabinsk-oblast","regions-penza-oblast","news-type-nashi-novosti-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMuslim man jailed in Russia over Hizb ut-Tahrir links dies in penal colony - Political prisoners support. 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