A press conference “The Ingush Case. The Results” will take place in Moscow
Press Release, 31.08.2023
On Tuesday, 5 September, the Moscow office of the Yabloko party will host a press conference by lawyers and public defenders of the leaders of the Ingush protest, dedicated to the appeal against the verdict of the Kislovodsk City Court and consideration of the appeal by the Stavropol Regional Court.
Magomed Bekov, lawyer;
Ruslan Mutsolgov, public defender, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Ingushetia;
Oleg Orlov, public defender, Co-Chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Centre;
Andrei Sabinin, lawyer;
Bashir Tochiyev, lawyer;
Valery Khatazhukov, a public defender and head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre
will take part in the press-conference.
The press conference will begin at 13:00.
Address: Moscow, Pyatnitskaya 31 building 2.
Accreditation of journalists by e-mail press@mosyabloko.ru.
About the “Ingush case”
On 27 March, 2019, a rally against changing the administrative border of Ingushetia with Chechnya was dispersed in Magas, the capital of Ingushetia. It gave the start to repressions against the Ingush opposition. As a result, administrative cases were opened against hundreds of participants in the popular protest, and criminal cases were filed against dozens of people.
In December 2021, the Kislovodsk City Court sentenced Malsag Uzhakhov, Akhmed Barakhoyev, Zarifa Sautiyeva, Musa Malsagov, Ismail Nalgiyev, Bagautdin Khautiyev and Barakh Chemurziyev to terms from 7.5 to 9 years in prison. They were found guilty of using violence against government officials (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), creation of an extremist community (Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and participation in it. Malsag Uzhakhov was also convicted for “creating of an organisation encouraging citizens to commit illegal acts” (Article 239 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), and Akhmed Barakhoyev for participating in it (Article 239 Part 3 of the Criminal Code).
On 28 July, 2023, the Stavropol Regional Court completed consideration of the defence’s appeal and upheld the verdict.
RUSLAN MUTSOLGOV
is a member of the Federal Bureau of Yabloko and
Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Ingushetia
Posted: August 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Yabloko's Regional Branches.