The prosecutor asked for four years in prison for human rights activist Rafis Kashapov

In the debate of the parties in the case of the chairman of the Tatar Public Center, human rights activist Rafis Kashapov, accused of extremism and separatism, the prosecutor demanded four years in prison for the defendant. It is reported by Azatlıq Radiosı. The case is being heard in the Naberezhnye Chelny City Court of Tatarstan under the chairmanship of Judge Dan Shakurov.

The debate will continue on September 10, when Kashapov's lawyers will speak. As expected, after that the public man himself will make the last word. Whether the verdict will be announced on the same day is not reported.

Preliminary hearings on Kashapov's case were held on June 26, and the trial on the merits has been going on since July 3. The activist was charged under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) and Part 2 of Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code (public calls for separatism via the Internet).

Kashapov was detained on December 28, the next day he was charged with the fact that in June-December 2014 he published on his page on Vkontakte the materials “Crimea and Ukraine will be free from the invaders!”, “Yesterday, Hitler and Danzig, today Putin and Donetsk!”, “Let's protect Ukraine and the entire Turkic world”, “Where Russia is, there are tears and death.”

The examination, which formed the basis of the accusation, states that these materials contain statements and appeals that "model hate speech and are aimed at inciting hatred between groups identified on a mixed basis - nationality, residence in a certain territory, attitude to power (among representatives of the Turkic group according to attitude towards Russia, the Russian authorities)”, as well as “psychological signs of information aimed at inciting discord (enmity) against representatives of the “They / Aggressor” category (“new unrecognized authorities of the peninsula”, “Russian punishers”, “Vladimir Putin”, "Russia", "Russians", "Russians")" and "psychological signs of information substantiating or justifying the need to disseminate these statements and statements." The Sova Center, which monitors the misuse of anti-extremist legislation, criticized the conclusion. The center claims that the experts use “very unusual terminology that is poorly compatible with the legal meaning of Article 282 of the Criminal Code,” and also violate the law by claiming that the materials incite hatred, since only a court can answer this question.

As Rushana Kamalova, the lawyer of the public activist, said, her client does not deny the fact of the publication of texts and demotivators. At the same time, she noted that there was no corpus delicti in these actions. “These are his political views, beliefs,” Kamalova explained.