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And again the focus is on the fate of Ildar Dadin, who was sent to a colony on charges of “repeated violations of the rules for holding public events.” This week he was taken from correctional colony No. 7 in Karelia, where he complained of torture. Neither Dadin's relatives nor defenders were warned. It is still not known where exactly Dadin was transferred.
In addition, Ukrainian citizen Nikolai Karpyuk, sentenced to 22 and a half years on charges of participating in hostilities in Chechnya, where, in his own words, he , I have never been to trial in my own case.
No freedom of assembly
There are also arrests in Torfyanka Park: last Sunday, several people were detained after local residents began singing patriotic songs - the police announced that they were interfering with a prayer service. At the same time, Yabloko activist Anton Antonov-Ovseenko was detained along with his dog. (In addition, the police came to the apartment where the mother and minor sisters of one of the Torfyanka defenders live. They announced that the neighbors had complained about the noise, although the neighbors themselves deny this.)
At a picket near the building of the Moscow department of the Federal Penitentiary Service on December 9, four people were detained during single pickets in support of Ildar Dadin. One of them was promised to remain in the police department for 48 hours, accusing him of disobeying the legal demands of police officers, but was released at night. This is the first time that people have been detained at these pickets. According to some reports, it could not have happened without the participation of provocateurs.
Three peoplewere detained near the Moscow government building on Novy Arbat for protesting against the refusal to hold the Anti-Crisis Rally scheduled for December 10.
Ilya Sotnikov was detained on Red Square, standing with a poster in defense of the nationalist Dmitry Demushkin, who is under house arrest on charges of inciting hatred for publishing photographs from the “Russian March”.
On December 6, the Moscow City Court reduced the arrest term for Sergei Zavorotnykh, who actively opposed construction in the park on Lodochnaya Street, from five days to eight hours . Thus, the court of second instance credited him with the time during which he was in the police department after his arrest on October 3. The decision of the Tushinsky District Court of Moscow to arrest for five days was made in the absence of Zavorotnykh.
On December 6 and 7, the Bakhchisarai District Court of Crimea fined several local residents from 10 to 20 thousand for the fact that on May 12 they gathered near the houses of Crimean Tatars arrested in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case and near the Salachik cafe at that time. the time when searches took place there. The court found that these were all “unauthorized rallies.”
On Friday, parishioners of a mosque in the village of Orlovka were detained in Crimea. They were fingerprinted and then released. Local human rights activists believe that this is an act of intimidation.
In Kaliningrad, Olga Malysheva, a picket participant who was detained for a poster with a crossed out portrait of Putin, receives a call from the Center for Countering Extremism .
Unfreedom of conscience
On December 6, the North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced Makhachkala resident Girey Aminov to five years in prison on charges of participating in the activities of the Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. And on December 7, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscowplaced twelve people under arrest , including immigrants from Central Asian republics, suspected of involvement in the activities of the same organization. Hizb ut-Tahrir is unjustifiably banned in Russia as a terrorist group. People are continually sentenced to various terms of imprisonment on charges of organizing or participating in the activities of a terrorist organization solely on the basis of information about party activities - participation in meetings, studying literature, attracting new members.
Lack of freedom of speech
On December 6, it became known that on November 17, the Zavodskoy District Court of Kemerovo placed him under arrest for four days on charges of distributing extremist materials due to the publication of a screenshot of the blocking of the “Russia for Russians” group on VKontakte. The authors of the examination commissioned by the FSB came to the conclusion that the name “Russia for Russians” can be equated to a similar slogan with a solid sign at the end, which is recognized as extremist in Russia.
On December 8, the Surgut City Court placed local resident Denis Khanzhin under arrest for three days for a portrait of General Vlasov, with whom he, along with two dozen supporters, came to the “Remember Their Names” rally in memory of victims of political repression. The court found that Hanzhin publicly displayed Nazi symbols.
And other unfreedom
The Leninsky District Court of Kirov is considering for the second time the notorious “Kirovles Case” brought against Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov. Neither Navalny nor the lawyers showed up for the hearing on December 6 - before that they warned that this day was inconvenient for them, but the judge ignored this. The prosecutor demanded that Navalny be forcibly brought to court, considering his failure to appear as contempt of court. However, the judge did not grant the prosecutor's request.
Euromaidan supporter Vladimir Balukh was detained in Crimea. As a result of a search conducted by FSB officers, 90 rounds of ammunition and several TNT blocks were found in his attic.
The police broke into the apartment of one of the organizers of the “Russian March”, Ivan Beletsky. Not finding him at home, they left, damaging the door and lock.
The mother of activist Olesya Romanova, who left Russia, is being persuaded to assist in the interrogation of her daughter.
In Moscow, two doctors were detained for trying to resist what they believed was an illegal eviction from a hostel. They drew up reports of petty hooliganism.
Lawyer Elena Denisenko was detained while leaving the territory of Dagestan and was released only an hour later. According to her, this happened due to the fact that she was included in the preventive registration list.
One of the leaders of the Abkhaz opposition, Aslan Bzhania, was detained in Sochi. Over the course of two days, he was taken to the police department several times and then was not allowed to go home.
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