The Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug refused to initiate a criminal case regarding the torture of followers of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut. This is reported by Znak.com with reference to the local Commissioner for Human Rights Natalya Strebkova. According to the response of the Investigative Committee to the statement of torture, no crime was found in the actions of the security forces.

The Suvorovsky District Court of Tula fined the secretary of the local regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the editor-in-chief of the Tulskaya Pravda newspaper, Mikhail Fedorov, 15,000 rubles. This was reported to OVD-Info in the Tula regional committee of the party. Fedorov was found guilty of violating the rules of the event by the organizer (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In St. Petersburg, the human rights activist of the Assistance Group for Detainees in St. Petersburg (GPZ) Alexander Mironov, as well as supporters of the “indefinite protest” Roman Samoilov and Ilya Tkachenko, were detained. This was reported to OVD-Info by Alexander Mavrushichev, the GPZ confirmed this information in its telegram channel. According to Mavrushichev, all three came to police station No.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested civil activist Andrei Zheksimbaev for nine days because of the action with Putin’s tombstone. Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov reported this to OVD-Info. Zheksimbaev was found guilty of holding a public event without filing a notification (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The press service of the St.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of Volgograd sentenced supporters of the Artpodgotovka movement. Radio Liberty about this. Vladislav Bondarenko was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

The Investigative Committee of Chuvashia opened a second criminal case on the rehabilitation of Nazism (part 1 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) against blogger Konstantin Ishutov because of a post in LiveJournal nine years ago. about this with reference to the lawyer of the Agora International Human Rights Group Yuri Ivanov. writes 7×7 “In his June 2010 publication, Konstantin Ishutov accuses the Chuvash authorities of not taking care of the graves, while the Germans, on the contrary, do.

In Novokuznetsk, the communal workers, using an autocrane, tried to remove from the balcony of the coordinator of the “protest Kuzbass” Lev Gimmer Potin -thief. The activist himself told the OVD-info about this. Gimmer said that the poster hangs on the balcony for several days. According to the activist, he was first called from the management company and asked to remove the poster. The activist refused, and a car crane drove up to his house.

The arrested Crimean Solidarity activist Remzi Bekirov said that during his detention he was beaten by FSB officers. about this with reference to the lawyer Edem Semedlyaev. writes Radio Liberty On March 27, the FSB carried out mass searches and detentions of Crimean Solidarity activists. Operational measures were carried out as part of a criminal case on participation in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir.

In Irkutsk, on April 4, law enforcement officers detained 280 migrants. About this writes “Siberia. Realities” with reference to the expert of the Public Chamber of the Irkutsk region on interethnic relations Natalya Khromenkova. According to her, the security forces were in civilian clothes and wearing masks. Without introducing themselves, they took the passports from the migrants and pushed them into paddy wagons. During some detentions special means were used.

Nine residents of Ingushetia were taken to the Nalchik temporary detention center as part of a criminal case of causing grievous harm to the health of police officers (Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code), which was opened after clashes at a protest against the redistribution of borders with Chechnya. Human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov reported this.

Pensioner Tatyana Dzhinchveladze in the summer of 2018 went out with a single picket to the government building of the Tver region. The activist demanded the resignation of officials who refused to repair the road to the sports school where her grandchildren train. The woman was detained by police. They referred to a regional law that prohibits holding any protests near government buildings. Later, the court fined Jinchveladze.

Round table about pressure on municipal deputies / photo: Denis Shenderovich Unknown deputies attack independent deputies in masks, pour acids into their cars, throw pork heads under the door and fine for meetings with voters. All this is due to defending the rights of the inhabitants, they believe. During the round table on April 4, municipal deputies talked about persecution over the past two years and developed a plan how to confront this. OVD-Info publishes their stories.

Illustration: OTD-Info Protest actions in Russia are regulated not only by federal law, but also by regional. Sometimes these restrictions contradict each other - especially in relation to pickets. In the Tver region, such a violation was challenged in the Supreme Court. In six more regions, the right to pickets is still illegally limited. Lawyers of the ATS-Info and PC Memorial filed complaints to the Prosecutor General.