The sentence in the case of the Network [antifascist group] must be canceled
Statement by the Yabloko party, 10.02.2020
The sentence passed in Penza today in the so-called Network case is a monstrous abuse of law and justice.
Young people tortured by the law enforcement and the investigation so that to get “confessions” received from six to 18 years of imprisonment. The defendants made statements about this at the trial and retracted these “confessions”.
They were sentenced for allegedly “planning to plan something,” moreover, “in an unidentified place, at unidentified time, and under unidentified circumstances”. And with such “evidence of guilt” they got huge imprisonment terms.
This is not justice. These are reprisals.
Yabloko considers the Network case to be openly fabricated by the intelligence agencies, and those accused in this case are innocent and victims of political repression.
The sentence must be canceled, the accused must be released, and all those responsible for the fabrication of the criminal case must be put on trial.
Nikolai Rybakov,
Yabloko Chairman
Posted: February 13th, 2020 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Без рубрики.