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Linar Vakhitov
Human rights defenders
1983-04-25
В заключении
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Biography
Detained on 4 February 2015 as part of the prosecution of members of Hizb ut-Tahrir on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, arrested; in January 2016, a charge of preparing for a violent seizure of power was added. On 30 July 2018, sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony.
In 2014, he was a suspect in a case of involvement in an extremist organisation.
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