Paul
Goble
Staunton, February 7 – Even when the
cases of Ingush protesters reach the courts, they cannot count on the rule of
law. Today, for example, one Stavropol court extended the detention of an
Ingush protester, Bagaudin Myakiyev, beyond what the law allows in order to block
an investigation into his charges of torture by officials (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/345643/).
His lawyers promise to appeal the
decision, and Konstantin Gusev, a leader of the Committee Against Torture, says
his group will continue its investigation in this case because it has
sufficient documentation already to prove that the siloviki in Ingushetia have
violated legal norms.
Meanwhile, another court accepted
video testimony from a secret informer as the basis for bringing new charges
against Ingush protester Rezvan Ozdoyev, even though his lawyers did not have
the opportunity to cross examine the witness and even though the video showed
that the siloviki had committed the crime Ozdoyev is now charged with (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/345636/).
There was one piece of good news,
but even there, officials behaved badly. Siloviki released Khasan Zyazikov from
a detention center but did not inform his family so there was no one there to
meet him. His family has suffered
mightily as the result of the loss of income caused by his detention (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/345644/).
In addition, Fortanga news portal
continued its series on how Ingush people can protect themselves against
illegal electronic monitoring by the siloviki. In this installment, it
discussed the specific challenges lawyers for protesters charged with crimes (fortanga.org/2020/02/esli-ty-aktivist-chast-vtoraya-provajder-sledit-za-toboj/).
No comments:
Post a Comment