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A human rights activist from Cherepovets was finally charged in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army
In Cherepovets on December 15, human rights activist Gregory Markus Severin Winter (former name Grigory Winter) was finally charged in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). About this telegram channel “Support for political prisoners. Memorial".
reports Winter is accused of disseminating “deliberately false information” due to a comment about dead civilians and eight reposts about in Mariupol.
Buchi shelling of the drama theater The case against Winter in September, then he was taken into custody. The human rights activist spoke about the difficult conditions in the pre-trial detention center: at night in his cell the temperature reached 4-6 degrees - as a result, the man lost one ear due to the low temperature. According to the accused, in the isolation ward he needs the medications he needs, including insulin.
aroused placed dropped deaf lacked The person involved in the case is also that in the pre-trial detention center they humiliated and beat him, trying to get him to write a statement saying that he was “deaf.”
Winter reported in October that he was under house arrest. The prosecutor's office appealed this decision, but subsequently the court changed the preventive measure again.
did not transfer The case of “fakes” about the Russian army is not the first case of persecution of a human rights activist. In 2020, Winter was charged with a criminal case for “fakes” about the coronavirus (Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two years of restriction of freedom. In August of the same year, he was sentenced to six months of correctional labor. The man was also prosecuted under the article about.
initiated, sentenced, replaced with contempt of court In March 2018, Winter was attacked by an unknown person at his own home. The man is sure that the attack was organized by local authorities because of his participation in saving the Pulovsky forest.
assaulted The prosecutor's office confirmed the indictment in the case of Gregory Winter. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Sergei Tikhonov, who represents the interests of the human rights activist.
The case will be considered by the Cherepovets City Court.
January 30, 2023
- Since February 24—the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 380 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our.
guide - Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) into the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that does not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison.