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Sagit Ismagilov's sentence commuted
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan reduced the amount of the fine imposed on the activist of the Bashkir national movement under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code.
December 21, 2017 The Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan commuted the sentence handed down on October 18, 2017 Leninsky District Court of Ufa to an activist of the Bashkir national movement Sagit Ismagilov. Ismagilov was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred) and sentenced to a fine of 320 thousand rubles. The Republican Supreme Court reduced the fine to 100,000 rubles. Ismagilov intends to challenge this decision.
Recall. Ismagilov was found guilty of posting on a social network "VKontakte" on the page in the group bearing his name, text, signed "Ishbuldy Abyalilbash". The text was about closing Institute for Humanitarian Research in Ufa, who did the research history of the Bashkir clans, and the opening there of a branch of the Tatar Institute. Shigabutdin Marjani. The author of the text in harsh terms accused the Tatars of the collapse Bashkir culture. The text was accompanied by a photograph of a page from a book with an excerpt from the poem "The Light of Hearts", belonging to the poet of the XVI century Mukhamedyar. A fragment of the poem contains invectives regarding Tatars of the Golden Horde.
We consider the sentence handed down to Ismagilov unlawful. In the text about the closure of the institute, from our point of view, there are no signs of inciting hatred, and the work of past centuries should not be evaluated for compliance with the idea of tolerance that exists in our time and, moreover, legislation on extremism. Here we agree with the corresponding clarification , made recently by the Constitutional Court. The combination of the two texts, indeed, can be regarded as a statement aimed at humiliation of dignity on a national basis. But we believe that humiliation dignity should be transferred from the Criminal Code to the Administrative Code as an offense that does not pose a great danger to society.
Sources
- vhttps://proufu.ru/news/society/vs_bashkirii_podtverdil_prigovor_obshchestvenniku_za_repost_srednevekovogo_teksta/ Nail Bainazarov. The Supreme Court of Bashkiria confirmed the sentence to a public figure for reposting a medieval text // ProUfu.ru. 2017. December 21.