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

Stop tormenting Yury Dmitriev

23 February 202123 February 2021 / editors (JC)

A protest on the banks of the Neva Daniel Kotsubinsky's placard reads, "Let Yury Dmitriev go, Kremlin! You've tormented him enough!" He stands in St Petersburg in front of one of Mikhail Shemyakin's two sphinxes, creatures displaying a woman's face to the roadside, a grinning skull on the side facing the Kresty Prison across the … Continue reading Stop tormenting Yury Dmitriev

Next stop, Moscow?

22 February 20216 April 2021 / editors (JC)

The Petersburg ruling On Tuesday 16 February the Third Cassation Court in St Petersburg heard Yury DMITRIEV’s appeal against the ruling of the High Court of Karelia. The court did not uphold the appeal and left unchanged the harsh sentence of 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony. As Memorial reported, the consuls of Poland … Continue reading Next stop, Moscow?

Today in St Petersburg

16 February 202116 February 2021 / editors (JC)

Appeal hearing at the Third Cassation Court The appeal against the September ruling of the Karelian High Court will be heard by the Third Cassation Court in St Petersburg today. The 45-minute hearing begins at 11.15 am and the media will be admitted. This hearing concerns the many procedural violations committed by the High Court … Continue reading Today in St Petersburg