The police released Artur Babayev, leader of the Dagestan
branch of YABLOKO, who had been previously detained in Makhachkala.
The politician stated that the press service of the republican
Interior Ministry lied that he had allegedly tried to break
through the cordons into the building. Allegedly the building
was cordoned as explosives had been found in the roof.
In the afternoon when Babayev came to work to the party office,
the block of flats where the office is located was surrounded
by police cordons. Babayev asked the police about the reasons
of the police cordons. Then one of the police officers ordered
to detain Babayev and get him to the Leninsky police department.
"I explained to the police that our office is in this
building and that I had an appointment. I simply asked them
to tell me what had happened,” Babayev said. “I'm not a kamikaze
to break through a chain of 25 gunmen," he added.
Later there came information that a package with explosives
had been found in the roof of the building.
A police officer in the police department took Babayev’s
fingerprints and photographed him allegedly "on suspicion
of the previously committed crimes". In his report the
policeman who brought Babayev to the police department wrote
an obvious lie that the politician had tried to “break the
cordon". Later this lie was broadcasted by the Interior
Ministry.
Later Babayev was released, but the police refused to give
him any documents proving the fact of his detention.
YABLOKO is considering the possibility to appeal against
the police actions, as the law envisaged that only those "suspected
of committing a crime, accused of a crime, convicted of a
crime or subject to administrative arrest" are subjects
to mandatory fingerprinting.
See also:
Human
Rights
Leader of the
Dagestan branch of YABLOKO detained and the party's office
in Makhachkala is surrounded by police cordons. Press Release,
December 27, 2012.
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