The Supreme Court of the RF adopted a resolution announcing
wiretapping of any opposition member absolutely lawful.
The resolution was adopted on the Maxim Petlin case. The
highest court recognised the sanction of the court on listening
to Petlins telephone conversations and spying on him lawful,
as he is member of the YABLOKO party.
The decision of the Supreme Court, which will clearly form
a precedent for the entire court system was based only on
Petlins participation in the work of the YABLOKO party and,
therefore, can be applied to any member of our or any other
opposition party.
The court ruled out that participation in the activities of
a political party held "some evidence of crime as envisaged
by Article 280 of the Criminal Code [namely] "public
calls for extremist activities".
Indeed, the YABLOKO party, as was indicated by the court,
was aiming at changing the Putin-Medvedev regime organizing
protest actions, and, which is the worst thing, giving a negative
assessment to the "broadening of the proxies of the Federal
Security Service of Russia.
A criminal case against Maxim Petlin was fabricated exactly
with the help of wiretapping.
YABLOKO considers the aforementioned judicial act unlawful
and triggering another round of persecution against the opposition.
YABLOKO demands:
1. From the Supreme Court: to adopt a resolution of the Plenary
Assembly specifying in what cases the issue of wiretapping
of public and political figures may be raised.
2. From Public Prosecutor General's Office: to submit a protest
to the Supreme Courts ruling.
Sergei Mitrokhin,
YABLOKO Chairman
See also:
Human
Rights
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