The Syktyvkar court extended the term of detention in a pre-trial detention center for human rights activist Andrei Ivashev

The Syktyvkar City Court extended the detention of local activist and human rights defender Andrei Ivashev for a month, “Public Meeting of the Komi Republic” on its page on VKontakte.

reports Ivashev is charged under articles on public calls for extremism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code), incitement of hostility (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and (Article 297 of the Criminal Code).

contempt of court The criminal case against the activist became known in December 2021 - security forces searched Ivashev’s apartment and took him for questioning. The investigation requested that the man be placed in a pre-trial detention center, but this is a court requirement.

conducted and dismissed the case of calls for extremism on the Internet against an activist in February 2022. Investigators decided that Ivashev called for the murder of the head of Komi Vladimir Uiba - they made this conclusion based on three comments that the activist allegedly left in 2020. After this, the court ordered the human rights activist to ban certain actions.

initiated on March 18, Ivashev went to the Investigative Committee - he wanted to get permission to travel to Kirov, where he was supposed to have an operation. According to the Komi Public Meeting, the activist was detained in the investigator’s office and then taken to a temporary detention facility. The next day the man is in jail in court.

sent - “Komi Public Meeting” draws attention to the fact that Andrei Ivashev has a disability. Activists report that he repeatedly took part in protest rallies, represented the interests of local social activists in court, and wrote blogs on YouTube and other social networks.