The court extended the arrest of human rights activist Igor Nagavkin. He was beaten before the meeting

On December 14, the Moscow City Court extended the detention period until March 16, 2018 for human rights activist Igor Nagavkin, who is accused of theft. According to the For Human Rights movement, the man was beaten before the meeting.

After Nagavkin, together with the three defendants in the criminal case, was taken to court, they were taken one by one to the convoy premises. There the men were stripped naked, beaten and threatened with rape with a rubber truncheon. There are many bruises on Nagavkin's face and body.

After the beating, they were transferred to the courtroom, where the electric lighting was turned off. There, the men were taken into a cage and did not remove the handcuffs. Nagavkin later told the judge that they had been beaten and pointed to visible bruises on the body. To which the judge replied: "Nothing, it happens." Other participants in the meeting - investigator Bodrug and deputy prosecutor of the Cheryomushkinsky district of Moscow Yarygin - also did not react in any way to the statement about the beating.

They wanted to take the accused back to Butyrka as soon as possible, but the ambulance arrived on time. Doctors examined the victims and recorded beatings. After that, Nagavkin and other defendants in the case were taken back to the pre-trial detention center.

Nagavkin himself is sure that the investigator organized the beating in order to break the will of the accused and force them to cooperate with the investigation. The human rights activist still does not admit his guilt and claims that the case against him was fabricated.

Igor Nagavkin was detained on September 29, 2016 and subsequently arrested by the Dzerzhinsky Court of Volgograd. He is accused of stealing jewelry. Previously, he was held in custody in the Volgograd region, but on April 10 he was transferred to the Butyrka pre-trial detention center in Moscow.

He was a prominent public figure in the city of Kalach-on-Don and repeatedly came into conflict with representatives of local authorities, including security forces.

Human rights activists believe that the reason for the persecution was the professional activities of Nagavkin. He himself believes that they were interested in him in connection with attempts to expose the drug mafia in law enforcement agencies.