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Salavat Baiazitov
Biography
He was detained and arrested in October 2016 together with eight other people on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, and his home was searched. Bayazitov admitted involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, but refused to admit that he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 April 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. On 26 September, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two years and four months. He was released in December 2018
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