The legal case against Stanislav Dmitrievski has begun
posted by zaina19 on November, 2005 as Human Rights
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Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/18/2005 4:38 AM 16.11.2005 18:16 MSK The legal case against Stanislav Dmitrievski has begun Stanislav Dmitrievski Stanislav Dmitrievski RUSSIA, Nizhnii Novgorod. (Society on Russian-Chechen Friendship Information Center). The Nizhnii Novgorod Regional Court at 10 a.m. on November 16 began the review of the criminal case against Stanislav Dmitrievki, editor of “Legal-defense”, and the executive director of the Society on Russian-Chechen Friendship, based on accusations of inciting racial, national and social hostility.
The court subpoenaed members and associates of the Society on Russian-Chechen Friendship and the Nizhnii Novgorod Society of Human Rights, as witnesses in the case. At 12 p.m., due to the absence of some of the witnesses, the court postponed the hearings until November 25.
The two defense lawyers in the case – Russian Urii Sidorov (Nizhnii Novgorod) and Chechen Leila Hamzaeva (Moscow), represent the two nationalities between which the defendant had allegedly incited hostility. On Sept. 2, 2005, charges were filed against Dmitrievski based on Statue 282 of the Criminal Codex of the Russian Federation - “actions, aimed at inciting animosity and hostility, as well as humiliation of human dignity of representatives of either group based on gender, race, nationality, language, origin, religion, or belonging to a certain social group.” If convicted, the defendant can face up to five years in prison. T The charges were filed in January of this year based on the publication in “Legal Defense” newspaper of a statement by Alsan Mashadov and Ahmed Zakaev that called for a peaceful resolution of the Russo-Chechen conflict. The published statement contains scathing criticism of the Russian government's actions, the Russian military forces and, specifically, President Vladimir Putin. The defense counsel consider the above mentioned accusations to be politically motivated and in direct violations of the constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of speech right.
PRIMA-News information agency [2005-11-16-Rus-36] http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2005/11/16/33987.html
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