Today a Ryazan court of the first instance passed a verdict
on a seven days arrest to Kostantin Smirnov, one the leaders
of the Ryazan branch of YABLOKO and a journalist from oppositional
Novaya Gazeta, arrested for 7 days.
The verdict based on the Article Disobeying lawful orders
of police for participation in the For the Fair Elections
rally which took place in Ryazan on December 8.
The verdict was obviously politicized as the video of Simonovs
detention demonstrated that he did not disobey to the police
orders. After voicing of the verdict in the court Smirnov
gave to the judge a mask saying that now you should be ashamed
to show undisguised in the streets, the mask will help you
to hide your face.
Another journalist from Novaya Gazeta Sergei Yezhov was sentenced
to 9 days of arrest by court.
You can sign a petition in support of arrested journalists
at the Ryazan web-site of Novaya Gazeta.
The Ryazan branch of YABLOKO calls all the Russian citizens
not to reduce their civil activities and go on demanding annulment
of the results of fraudulent parliamentary elections of December
4.
See also:
Elections
to the State Duma 2011
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