Tver court fined a pensioner who, on March 26, the policeman damaged his hand

The Tver court fined ten thousand rubles on March 26 a pensioner Turan Varzhabetan. The court found her guilty “in violation of the rules of the mass event” (part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the Public Verdict Foundation.

This is a repeated consideration of a pensioner's complaint.

On March 26, 2017, Varzhabetan participated in an anti -corruption action in Moscow. During the detention, the police dislocated a hand of a 72-year-old woman.

In May 2017, the court fined a pensioner for violating the rules for participating in the rally. In August, the Moscow City Court canceled the decision on a fine and sent the case for a new consideration.

“The judge was not embarrassed by the fact that even the police witnesses stated that at first Varzhabyan was standing alone, and only then another picket worker approached her and stood next to her. Thus, it was he who violated the minimum distance between the piciting (50 meters), and not her, ”said Alexei Laptev, who represented the activist in court, who represented the activist in court.

In January 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Communized two complaints of Turans of Varzabetians to apply the strength to it and the lack of proper investigation.

UPD: In January 2018, the ECHRaccepted two complaints of a pensioner for consideration , and in February - communicated one of them.