The Department of Justice suspended the activities of the Nizhny Novgorod Society of Human Rights

On June 3, 2005, two employees of the Nizhny Novgorod Department of Justice came to Viktor Gursky, Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod Society for Human Rights (NSHR), and tried to hand over a notice of suspension of the activities of the NSHR. Gursky refused to sign for receipt of documents and demanded that they be sent by mail as part of the established procedure, and asked not to interrupt the reception of patients (V. Gursky works as a doctor in the city clinical psychiatric hospital No. 1 of Nizhny Novgorod).

According to Gursky, the appearance of employees of the Department of Justice in the hospital "was frankly provocative. They have the contact details of the organization, including the phone numbers of the leadership, and had every opportunity to arrange a regular meeting . "

Previously, the Department of Justice requested from the NHRI for verification a number of documents, the provision of which is not required by law. The management of the Company refused to comply with this requirement, and the refusal to provide documents became the basis for the decision to suspend the activities of the organization. In addition, SNHR accountant Natalia Chernilevskaya, who is also the bookkeeper of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS), recently visited the tax office for RCFS and faced veiled threats.

On June 6, 2005, the All-Russian public movement "For Human Rights" protested in connection with a provocation in Nizhny Novgorod against the head of the local Society for Human Rights ... Dr. Gursky. “Combined with the FSB-inspired investigation against the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society also operating in Nizhny Novgorod, this clearly indicates that the authorities in this region are deliberately destroying independent human rights organizations,” the Movement said in a statement .

Sources

• The activities of the Nizhny Novgorod Society for Human Rights are suspended by the Department of Justice // Center "Demos". 2005. June 3.
• Echoes of a "petty-bourgeois" verdict: persecution of Nizhny Novgorod human rights activists // For human rights! 2005. June 6.