The Primorsky Regional Court upheld the defense's appeal and overturned the decision to extend the compulsory treatment of the Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev in a specialized psychiatric hospital. Gabyshev’s lawyer Alexey Pryanishnikov talks about this.
The Ussuriysky District Court announced the decision to extend Gabyshev’s detention in the hospital on August 1. The case will now return there for retrial.
accepted Gabyshev for compulsory treatment in a psychiatric institution with intensive supervision in July 2021 as part of a case of violence against a government official (Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). Later, this regime is treated in a specialized hospital.
sent softened As Pryanishnikov previously reported, on July 12, the medical commission of the Primorsky Regional Psychiatric Hospital appealed to the court with a proposal to transfer Gabyshev to a general hospital. However, on July 27, the same commission changed its decision, citing the deterioration of the shaman’s condition, and at the meeting petitioned the court to extend his detention in a special hospital. The Primorsky Regional Court refused to satisfy the defense’s complaint about the extension of compulsory treatment for shaman Alexander Gabyshev. Human rights activist Alexey Pryanishnikov, who represents the interests of Gabyshev, talks about this.
On November 30 , Pryanishnikov reports that the judge read out the already printed decision, although there was no computer or printer in the immediate vicinity. In addition, the right to confidential communication with a client is constantly violated - according to Pryanishnikov, a nurse is monitoring the conversation.