On 8th April 2011 Mansur Maratovich Sharipov was arrested by FSB officers on suspicion of participation in the political party Hizb-ut-tahrir which is illegal in the Russian Federation. He was placed in an investigatory isolation ward.
Sharipov, on remand in the isolation ward repeatedly raised complaints on infringements of his rights in custody and also against the investigative authorities.




In mid-June of this year, 2011, the oppression from the regime intensified against us to the worst imaginable levels. They tortured all the members of our party in this...
We direct this address firstly to the Muslims of the world, for this oppression falls on a people only because they carry the Islamic call, and we direct it secondly to...