case Muslims detained Grounds for inspections LGBT group fined UN experts concerned Maria Alekhina Vadim Korovin Aleksei Kozlov HIV activist fined Mikhail Savva LGBT rights Jehovah’s Witnesses Threats against lawyers | Right of assembly On 6/6 the trial began in Moscow of 12 people charged with violence against police and alleged mass riot in the “Bolotnoye case.” The court extended by 6 months pre-trial detention for 10 of the 12 accused. (RFE/RL, 6/6; The Moscow Times, 7/6) On 7/6 Russian police rounded up 300 people at a Muslim prayer room in Moscow. (Reuters, 7/6) Right of association On 4/6 the Ministry of Justice said a draft amendment giving authorities additional grounds for unscheduled inspections of NGOs had been approved. (The Moscow Times, HRO.org; 4/6) On 6/6 the St Petersburg-based LGBT film festival “Side by Side” was fined over USD 15,500. (Amnesty International, 6/6) On 6/6 UN experts expressed concern Russian authorities had charged two that provided information to the UN Committee Against Torture, under the foreign agents law. (RFE/RL, 6/6) Activists On 1/6 Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina ended her hunger strike. (HRO.org, 3/6) On 4/6 a Moscow region court decided against sanctioning the arrest of Vadim Korovin, an activist with the Russian Federation of Car Owners, accused of hitting a policeman with his car. (The Moscow Times, 4/6) On 5/6 Aleksei Kozlov, the jailed husband of prominent Russian pro-reform activist Olga Romanova, in prison since 2008 and sentenced to five years for fraud, was released. (RFE/RL, 5/6) On 5/6 a Russian court fined the organizer of a recent handout of condoms to promote HIV awareness near a World War II monument. (The Moscow Times, 6/6) On 5/6 Krasnodar region court extended the pre-trial detention of Mikhail Savva until 11/8 at a closed hearing in the absence of the defendant’s lawyer. (HRO.org, 6/6) Minority rights On 7/6 the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers invited Russia to present an action plan regarding a ECtHR judgment on right of assembly for LGBT minorities. (RAPSI, 7/6) On 6/6 the European Court of Human Rights held the rights of two Jehovah’s Witnesses had been violated when medical records were disclosed to prosecutors. (RAPSI, 6/7) North Caucasus Two lawyers in Dagestan, Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov, have received death threats in connection with a criminal case they are working on. (Amnesty International, 4/6) |
