The Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO
condemns unlawful actions by the police in breaking a peaceful
demonstration in protection of nature which took place in
Krasnodar on December 12, the Russian Constitution Day.
On the order of Administration of the Krasnodar Area the
police detained members of [YABLOKO’s] Green Russia faction
Andrei Rudomakha and Suren Gazaryan and environmental activists
Dmitry Shevchenko and Dmitry Shabalin. The detention was conducted
with grave violations of the law “On Police”, with the use
of physical force and special means [of suppression]. Shevchenko
and Gazaryan were unlawfully detained in the police department
of Krasnodar for three hours until arrival of a lawyer and
YABLOKO’s leader there. All this time Gazaryan was unlawfully
held in handcuffs. Earlier on December 5, Rudomakha and Gazaryan
had been also unlawfully detained by police during a peaceful
march for protection of the Utrish [natural reserve].
On December 13 the heads of the Krasnoyarsk interior announced
that they had been considering an issue of filing a criminal
case in accordance with Article 318 of the Criminal Code of
the RF “Violence against a representative of authority”.
YABLOKO supports the demands set forth during the demonstration
of December 12 on abolishing of the project of building a
residence by the Economic Department of the President in the
territory of the Utrish natural reserve. The party also states
that it will do everything possible to defend environmental
activists from police arbitrary rule and bring to liability
the officials guilty of unlawful detention of the citizens
and breaking of the demonstration.
Sergei Mitrokhin,
Chair of the YABLOKO party
See also:
Krasnodar:
police breaks a permitted demonstration, environmentalists
detained. Press Release, December 12, 2010
YABLOKO calls on journalists
to visit the Utrish nature reserve that has been threatened
with destruction. Press Release, December 8, 2010.
Police detained YABLOKO's
activists during an action in defence of the national park.
Press Release, December 5, 2010
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