| As I have already written [in this blog], another action
against the "Black Sea Coast Palaces" again led
to arrests.
Kirill Gontcharov, leader of the Moscow Youth YABLOKO, served
two days of imprisonment and Sergei Menzheritsky, Chairman
of the "Public Beach" movement five days. The
latter is a future YABLOKO member, as he is going to apply
for membership in YABLOKO upon his return to Moscow.
The guys did not give the police any reason for detention
or arrest: the action was held in the form of hiking.
It was trekking through the places that were one day tourists
routes leading to the sea, however recently they have been
fenced. As in the Middle Ages, modern Russias feudal lords
secular and those wearing soutanes - are fencing their lands.
Our activists have suffered from the latter.
At first the tourists are rudely ordered out of the place,
because they put leaflets with YABLOKOs logo and a slogan
Lets return land and water to the people! on the fence
of Patriarch of the Russian Church Palace (by the way, the
Patriarch tried to deny his ownership of the palace).
They had to answer in full for the Patriarch.
The namesake of the Patriarch Kirill Gontcharov was arrested
in the cafe, where he sat waiting for dinner, however, the
police in an expert manner twisted his hands.
An administrative violation case was completely trumped up
by the Gelenzhik cops.
But the cops zealousness, obviously very religious in its
nature, went event further.
Our guys were put into a jail cell in the police station
3 by 3 meters large, where about 20 people had already been
crammed along with them.
People were standing, squatting or lying close to each other
on the dirty cement floor. One of them - a homeless person
obviously had tuberculosis. In this cell the guys were kept
before sending them to court: Goncharov for nine hours and
Menzheritsky for 14 hours.
After the trial, the cops continued to expressing their loyalty
to the Patriarch.
The convicts were housed in a temporary detention facility,
located in the same police building in Gelenzhik. Menzheritsky
was kept cell No 13. The cell was about 16 square meters.
m, and was designed for seven, but the police kept 18 people
there.
The cops did not try to hide the fact that the temporary
detention prison had several vacant cells.
They tormented 18 people on purpose, so that, according to
the police officers, "they would try to avoid getting
there in the future.
People had to queue so that to sleep in turn on a board couch
(as there were no separate beds and linen).
The walls were covered by perennial layer of dirt and grime.
Cockroaches were crawling on the floor. There was a toilet
flush used instead of a sink. The toilet was not separated
from the rest of the cell, and the only place where one could
eat was right up to the toilet. There was no ventilation.
According Menzhiretsky, one had a complete feeling of being
put into a gas chamber. Shower could be taken only once in
ten days. No walks were allowed.
However, the cabinets of the police officers quite corresponded
to the new name (Ed. Until 2011 Russian police was called
militia) the modernised organisation: good refurbishing
was made their.
I have sent an appeal to the Public Prosecutor General regarding
all these horrors.
However, I have little hope to get his reaction.
Looks like [Russian famous philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev
was right forecasting the beginning of the New Middle Ages!
We have class privileges in the form of flashing lights,
special vehicles, etc. We have feudal lords secular and clerical.
We have fencing of land. Executioners
In this context, it is even not surprising, that we have
tortures in the name of Christ ...
See also:
The
original publication in the blog
Human
Rights
YABLOKO
Against Corruption
Protection
of Environment
YABLOKOs activists
arrested by Putins country cottage at the Black Sea Coast.
Press Release, June 25, 2011.
Tuapse printing
facility refused to print YABLOKOs bulletin for the rally
obeying the order from the authorities. Press
Release, June 24, 2011.
YABLOKOs
activists get imprisonment verdicts, Press Release, February
28, 2011
Young
YABLOKO activists hang a banner Freedom to Political Prisoners!
opposite of the Kremlin. Press Release, March 3, 2011.
Friendly
Oligarch Buys 'Putin' Palace . The Moscow Times, March 4,
2011.
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