A second attempt to deny Dmitriev a proper defence

23 April 202123 April 2021 / editors (JC)

Halya Coynash After two acquittals and a sentence much shorter than that demanded, new measures were taken in Russia to secure a long sentence against world-renowned historian of the Soviet Terror, Yury DMITRIEV. One, the appeal hearing last September at the Karelian High Court came before Alla Rats, a judge whose bias had already been … Continue reading A second attempt to deny Dmitriev a proper defence

A glimpse: 2 April 2021

6 April 20216 April 2021 / editors (JC)

What an awful picture,” writes Alexander Recoubratsky. “An elderly man in handcuffs, surrounded by guards. This is no villain but the historian Yury Dmitriev who found the burial places of Stalin’s victims in Karelia as he is led to yet another, dishonourable trial. He has already spent almost five years in prison.” (Photo, Natalia Dyomina.)

Same charges, same court

6 April 20214 December 2021 / editors (JC)

For a third time Yury DMITRIEV is on trial in Petrozavodsk, before a different judge and prosecutor. There has been a second attempt to replace Yury DMITRIEV's defence attorney Victor Anufriev. On Friday, 2 April 2021, the third trial of Yury Dmitriev was resumed at the Petrozavodsk City Court (the proceedings were halted for several … Continue reading Same charges, same court

An appeal to the European Court of Human Rights

1 April 20217 April 2021 / editors (JC)

Lawyers from Memorial have submitted an appeal to the court in Strasbourg, asserting that the judicial proceedings in the DMITRIEV case have violated four articles of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The prosecution of Yury Dmitriev, head of Memorial in Karelia, is unusual in several respects. One, the investigation and hearings … Continue reading An appeal to the European Court of Human Rights