The HRC will check the case of Ilya Farber

The Presidential Council for Human Rights will check the case of the former school teacher Ilya Farber, Izvestia reports . More than 10 members of the HRC considered the verdict unfair and decided to draw public attention to the serious violations committed during the trial.

A number of members of the HRC are called the verdict "unreasonably cruel." The outrage of the members of the Council was also caused by the statements of Pavel Vereshchagin , the state prosecutor in the first process in the Farber case. He expressed doubts that "a man named Farber can help the village for free."

“Of course, any case -law can become an object of public legal analysis. But first, the HRC should approve the principles of such an analysis and the formation of an expert pool,” said Mikhail Fedotov, chairman of the HRC. According to him, the Council will do this at the meeting on August 22. The results of the audit will be reported to the president.

On Tuesday, in Moscow, a picket will be held on the Farber's chistorous boulevard. The organizers said that if the authorities do not coordinate the action, they will conduct single pickets and the distribution of leaflets.

On August 1, the Ostashkovsky City Court of the Tver region sentenced the former school teacher and director of the rural house of culture Ilya Farber to 7 months in prison in a maximum security colony and a fine of 3.1 million rubles. He is found guilty of the case of bribery and abuse of authority. The accusation asked for Farber 7.5 years of strict regime and 3.1 million rubles of a fine.

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In the last word, Farber denied that he had received a bribe. He emphasized that when repairing the House of Culture, he acted disinterestedly. "I argued that I was disinterested, I wanted the best for children in scampers. And then I realized that in Russia the time in Russia - they were judging by those who want to change something," he said.

“Those who went to Bolotnaya tried to change something through interaction with the authorities. We are judged precisely for this-in the new totalitarian regime. Given this, to wait for the acquittal is ridiculous and naive,” said Farber’s last word. “My preventive measure is madness. But people have not yet come to the square because of such things. But this will be one of the lasts that will affect the life of our country. drop ".

The re -process in the Farber case began in mid -June. On August 10, 2012, the judge of the Tver Regional Court Vladimir Andreev sentenced Farber to eight years in the colony and a fine of 3.2 million rubles. However, on November 28, 2012, the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court abolished the verdict and sent the case for a review. All this time, the teacher remains in custody.

According to the investigation, in July - August 2011, Farber received 300 thousand rubles from the general director of the Gorstroy -1 company as a bribe for permission to continue repairs in the House of Culture. In September 2011, the businessman transferred 132.6 thousand to Farber to ensure that the director of the DC agreed to sign the acceptance certificate of the work performed, although the repair was not completed. Employees of the FSB detained Farber immediately after receiving the second amount. The damage caused to the budget as a result of not fully completed work was estimated at 941 thousand rubles.

The defense states that Farber gave the contractor to the contractor to buy materials. The money transferred in September was reimbursing the debt. Witnesses from among the workers confirmed that the director of the recreation center from his own pocket paid them money.