YABLOKO Youth to hold a picket demanding to investigate the murder of Timur Kuashev
Press release, 21.07.2016
On Monday, August 1, Moscow YABLOKO Youth activists will hold a one-person picket by the Investigative Committee demanding to investigate the murder of journalist Timur Kushev, to find those who ordered and committed the crime.
Timur Kuashev, 26, was gone on July 31, 2014. The next day the workers of the Rescue Service found his body in a forest by the road. Timur’s relatives and friends are certain that he was murdered because of his political activity since Kuashev had received threats form the law enforcement including the Center for Combating Extremism (or Center E, as it is usually referred to, whose officers spend their time monitoring civil activists, harassing them at rallies, and spying on opposition politicians). In June 2016 the investigation for the murder of Timur Kuashev was closed.
YABLOKO Youth claims that the murder was politically motivated. The activists are sure that one can achieve the investigation of the case by drawing public attention to the story.
The pickets are to take place by the Ivestigative Committee of the Russian Federation, 04:00 p.m.
Posted: July 22nd, 2016 under Human Rights, Timur Kuashev's case, Youth Policies.