Protesters from the Youth YABLOKO detained by the Ostankino
television centre in Moscow are finally released. They were
charged with "violation of the established order of the
picketing” and are facing a fine.
Photo by Elijah Epishkin: Detention of Kirill
Goncharov.
Photos by Elijah Epishkin: Detention of Oleg
Rumyantsev.
Kirill Goncharov, leader of the Moscow Youth YABLOKO, and
his colleagues Gleb Sitnikov and Oleg Rumyantsev were detained
at a protest action against smearing of the public mass-scale
protests against elections fraud in a film produced and broadcasted
by the NTV channel.
Goncharov, Sitnikov, and Rumyantsev were taken to police stations.
According to the police, about 100 people were detained at
the action. about 100 people. Valery Borshchyov, member of
YABLOKO Bureau and head of the Moscow Public Observers’ Commission
condemned the police actions.
"It was not a demonstration or a rally, people simply
expressed their position. The police actions were absolutely
inadequate,” Borschyov told to Interfax. "The reaction
of the police was unlawful. It may be explained by purely
ideological and political reasons,” he added.
Another protest action against the NTV channel will take
place by the television company St.Petersburg office on March
19.
See also:
Human
Rights
Presidential
Elections 2012
State Duma
Elections 2011
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