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The results of "Agora" - 2019
Today, any persecuted for political reasons who are in no hurry to give recognition and intends to resist, without protection in Russia is not left!
20 new lawyers joined us this year only in Moscow. And in total, the 71 lawyer was held by the Agora training, increasing the number of graduates of our legal school to 219. More than half are working with us on business.
Well, the end of the year. Grouting and crying is not our style . Ours - to win in spite of. In 2019, it was possible to do more than for any previous one. In the work, hundreds of our lawyers in the past year there were more than 1000 different things.
Leading three
“The agorayu was finally divided into three independent directions. Now, the “zone of law” is responsible for the arbitrariness of the security forces. She separately sums up the results of the year, demonstrating the annual platoon of the convicted for the torture of security forces and the record amount of compensation to the victims (under 40 million rubles). Police, prison, army, domestic violence - in its priority. 30 beaten by police and guards protesters achieve justice with the help of lawyers of the Law Zone.
In general, the defense of protesters throughout the country is conducted by the “Apology of Protest ” specially created by us. In the work of 250 new affairs in the ECHR for 2019, including assistance to residents of Yekaterinburg in saving the square, as well as the main regional protest of the year - against Moscow garbage in Shies (40 fined activists are waiting for justice from Strasbourg). Many people remember combat duty at Moscow protests in July-August, 42 lawyers were organized at the peak. In total, in the work of lawyers "Apology of Protest" there are more than 500 cases. Dozens of criminal cases in the footsteps of protests - in Arkhangelsk, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Ingushetia, Moscow - also in the work of our lawyers.
Political criminals
In the actual “Agore” there were political criminals, the Internet and the protection of lawyers. Criminal cases against activists are my personal competence. From the night departure of lawyers to the detainee Ivan Golunov, a large summer Moscow movement began. Thanks to the successful campaign of last year and the decriminalization of Article 282, all previously convicted of extremism were released.
Thanks to summer protests, the Agora in Moscow formed a new lawyer team - they defended 15 out of 31 defendants in Moscow. As a result, all the charges were removed from five, four more remained at large. Without resonance, solidarity and support, this result would not be.
We could not pull out all. Five of our clients went to the colony - Kirill Zhukov, Evgeny Kovalenko, Vladislav Sinitsa, Danila Ruletter and Eduard Malyshevsky. Lawyers will accompany them before the release. Andrei Barshay last remains in custody - work on it continues. All work in the “Moscow case” was held at the expense of donations raised in the summer! Personal gratitude to everyone who threw the donat for a good deed!
They did not have time to help many, they could not reach everyone, they answered not every request, they were forced to refuse someone. This leaves the front of work for the future.
We are aware that cardinal improvements in Russia are already impossible by legal methods. The supremacy of law, therefore, judicial reform, and after it - the transformation of the entire power unit (including the police, the prison department, special services, the prosecutor's office and the investigation) should be the priority political task. Until then, it is stubborn, consistent professional resistance in each case, holding accountable for each official crime form a legal culture. This is our credo, we will follow him, no matter what awaits us in the new 2020!
Be with us, we are always there, resist evil! With coming! 🎄🎅 🥂 🎁