The court fined the committee against torture for 300 thousand rubles

The magistrate in Nizhny Novgorod fined the Committee against torture for 300 thousand rubles, according to the NGO website. The checkpoint was found guilty of violation of Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (publication and distribution of materials without indicating that NPOs was recognized as a “foreign agent”).

On June 26, the committee against torture organized a picket in Nizhny Novgorod as part of the United Nations International Day in support of the victims of torture. It was heard on it "Prosecutor, remember, about the oath of you." Banners were stretched “Freedom from torture. Effective investigation. Fair court”, “So far in Russia, we are trying - we need a committee against torture”, “June 26 is an international day in support of the victims of torture”. Neither on leaflets nor on the banners were indicated that the checkpoint is included in the register of "foreign agents".

"Indeed, on June 26, members of the Committee against torture conducted a picket dedicated to the International UN Day to support the victims of torture, and distributed postcards with the text of the prosecutor’s oath. Of course, we knew that the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation brought our organization to the register of" foreign agents ", but we considered this decision erroneous. The committee against torture was never a draw of the head of the head of the head 52 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, since he never fulfilled anyone's assignments; not in the meaning of the Law on NPOs, since he was never engaged in activities “aimed at changing state policy”. Kalyapin.

Kalyapin also explained to the court that the checkpoint would not be able to pay a fine: “Any decision on the fine will be meaningless, since the committee against torture has stopped its activities and has neither property nor financial resources that could be used to pay a fine. Thus, any court decision to put a fine will be obviously unfulfilled.”

In January, the Ministry of Justice forcibly included the checkpoint in the register of "foreign agents" on the basis of the submission of the prosecutor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Oleg Ponasenko.

On April 3, the judge of the Soviet District Court of Nizhny Novgorod Olga Tonsenkova rejected the CPP lawsuit to recognize the prosecutor’s submission. Even then, Kalyapin said: "If we lose in the appeal, but most likely we will lose, we will liquidate."

On July 8, the board of judges of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court rejected the committee’s appeal against torture against the decision of the district court. After the meeting, Kalyapin said that now the organization has “one - urgently liquidate”. On July 24, members of the checkpointdecided to liquidate the organization .

On July 28, Kalyapin stated that the committee against torture will stop its activities from August 3 , after which the torture prevention committee will work, created in 2014. The activities of this NPO will be organized on the donations of Russians. “It is not necessary to think that since we created an organization that coincides almost by name, we just want to get around this law, leaving everything unchanged. Unfortunately, it is impossible to leave, because it is clear that in a couple of months they recognize the foreign agent and the Committee to prevent torture,” Kalyapin said.