In St. Petersburg, a defendant accused of justifying terrorism was transferred from a pre-trial detention center to a hospital • OVD-Info • RIMA

In St. Petersburg, a defendant accused of justifying terrorism was transferred from a pre-trial detention center to a hospital

In St. Petersburg, anarchist, anti-fascist and LGBT activist Alexander Merkulov (Pezhich), accused of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), was transferred from a pre-trial detention center to a psychiatric hospital. Member of the Human Rights Council of St. Petersburg Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko wrote about this on Facebook.

reports “Transported, but has not yet arrived... Which hospital exactly is also not completely clear yet (most likely the Gribakins). Taking into account the “fight against the pandemic,” there is a great fear that even a lawyer will not be allowed to visit him in the hospital... But here, let’s try to fight! In general, the investigator stubbornly sticks to his line: LGBT public together with “justification” = signs of illness... I’ve already heard this somewhere...,” writes Mikhnov-Vaitenko.

On October 8, it became known that the investigation had placed Merkulov in a psychiatric clinic for examination.

Merkulov decided at the beginning of July 2020. Court on October 5, his detention in a pre-trial detention center until November 6.

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