Until the rulings issued on 28-29 December 2021 come into force, neither International Memorial nor the Memorial Human Rights Centre (HRC) has been dissolved. The interval between the verdict and its implementation allows, as always, an opportunity for the accused to appeal. In Petrozavodsk, for instance, the City Court announced on 10 January that it … Continue reading Memorial has not yet been “liquidated”
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A “demonstratively unlawful” decision
Interviewed this morning on Echo Moskvy radio station, DMITRIEV's defence attorney Victor Anufriev since December 2016 said he would appeal against the new sentence. ... this sentence, in my view, is demonstratively unlawful. This is the THIRD time there has been a judicial hearing, and it's the only occasion on which the court totally ignored … Continue reading A “demonstratively unlawful” decision
“I’m a tough old fellow …
I know a thing or two ..." said DMITRIEV in a letter (see below) the day before the new sentence was announced. https://twitter.com/i/status/1475402480469131267 DMITRIEV chats briefly with his lawyers Victor Anufriev and Roman Masalyov; video taken by Nikita Girin for Novaya gazeta. Dmitriev's words quoted above come from a letter he wrote to journalist Zoya … Continue reading “I’m a tough old fellow …
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Petrozavodsk City Court, 27 December 2021
Court increases sentence from 13 to 15 years
Mediazona reports from Karelia [R] that the Petrozavodsk City Court today added two years to Yury DMITRIEV's sentence for offences of which he was previously twice acquitted. (photo, Alla Konstaninova, Mediazona)
