Human Rights Center Memorial filed five complaints to the European Court from those detained at the March 26 rally

On December 28 and 29, lawyers from the Memorial human rights center sent five complaints from detained participants in the anti-corruption action on March 26 to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

The complaints were filed by German Kononov, Anastasia Korzhunkova, Pavel Makogno, Evgeniy Mironov and Pavel Rumyantsev. All of them participated in the anti-corruption campaign “He’s not your Dimon.” Some were detained for violating the rules of organizing or participating in a rally (parts 2 or 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). One of the applicants was additionally found guilty of disobeying police requirements (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and spent two days in the police station.

The applicants did not physically resist the police and complied with their lawful demands. After their arrest, they spent from thirty minutes to three hours in a police car waiting to be taken to the police station.

After drawing up the protocols, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow found the detainees guilty of violating administrative legislation. During the trial, all applicants asked to be summoned and questioned by the police officers who directly detained them. The court refused to grant this request. Requests to study video and photo materials were also rejected.

The Tverskoy District Court fined the applicants in amounts ranging from 15 to 20 thousand rubles each.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decisions.

In the complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the applicants indicate a violation of Articles of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms No. 5 (liberty and security of person), 6 (fair trial), 10 (freedom of expression) and 11 (freedom peaceful assemblies).

A few days earlier, the Human Rights Center “Memorial”sent several more complaints from detainees regarding the “He’s not Dimon to you” protests to the European Court of Human Rights.

On March 26, large-scale protests took place in Russia; on this day, according to various sources, from 36 to 88 thousand people in 97 cities took to the streets. In Moscow, 1,043 people were detained - more than during the rally on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. After the dispersal of the protests on March 26, nine people in three cities became involved in criminal cases. They were charged under Article 318 of the Criminal Code - use of violence against a government official.

On December 7, the court sentenced Dmitry Krepkin to one and a half years in a general regime colony. Yuri Kuliy , Alexander Shpakov , Stanislav Zimovets , Andrei Kosykh and Alexey Politikov - detained at the March 26 rally in Moscow and also accused of violence against government officials - received actual prison sentences ranging from 8 months to 3 years and eight months. Kuliy has already been released .

Read more about those accused in the wake of the March 26 protests in the special OVD-Info guide.