Accused Members of Pussy Riot to Remain in Jail
Google translation of article on Russian newswire.
Moscow. July 9. INTERFAX.RU - Moscow City Court on Monday declined to change the preventive punishment accused of hooliganism member punk band Pussy Riot. At the time of this writing, the court upheld the arrest and Mary Hope Tolokonnikova Alekhine. This means that, most likely, the arrest of Catherine Samutsevich will also remain unchanged.
We recall that yesterday, the lawyer of one of the participating Pussy Riot Polozov Nicholas, referring to “the most reliable source” informed “Interfax” that on Monday the question of release from custody of the girls “will be resolved favorably.” The defender said that one hundred percent confidence in the release of his client does not have. “But, judging by the fact that the source is reliable, we have a very good chance,” - said the runners.
Fourth of July Tagansky district court in Moscow at the request of the investigation limited the defense of the accused in getting acquainted with the case, ruling that the seven volumes of the criminal case lawyers will have to study until the ninth of July. The court’s decision has outraged advocates, saying they will thus be forced to spend just three minutes to study each page. All three cases supernumerary hunger strike.
Today, one of the accused’s lawyer, Mark Feigin announced that, despite the tight deadlines, the defense has completed familiarization with the case.
Today’s meeting of the Moscow City Court in the case of Pussy Riot, as the meeting of July 4, pickets was accompanied, among participants who were supporters of the liberation and the proponents of extending the detention of girls. In order to prevent further outbreaks of violence, the head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin called the Orthodox do not show aggression towards opponents.
We recall that on 21 February this year, participants Pussy Riot, covering the face masks, organized in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior “punk prayers” against Vladimir Putin. Laid-performance video on YouTube the song “Hail Mother Mary, Drive Putin Out” provoked outrage among religious leaders and the public of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Soon the three member group - Hope Tolokonnikov, Ekaterina and Maria Samutsevich Alekhine - were arrested in March 2012. A trial on charges of disorderly conduct arrest was extended until June 24 and then - until July 24. Complaints about security, demanding release of the accused on bail, are systematically denied.
Human rights activists and experts have repeatedly pointed out that the act allegedly committed by Tolokonnikova, Alekhine and Samutsevich does not fall under the criminal provisions on “hooliganism” and is an administrative offense. Article 213 of the Criminal Code qualifies hooliganism as “a gross violation of public order, expressing a clear disrespect for society” committed with a weapon on the grounds of “political, ideological, racial, ethnic or religious hatred or enmity or hate or animosity towards any social group. “
In defense of Pussy Riot spoken and foreign human rights activists. Thus, in early April, an authoritative organization Amnesty International has recognized female prisoner of conscience.
June 27 in the newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets” published an open letter in defense of culture Pussy Riot, which the authors called on the authorities refuse to prosecute the girls, they reclassified the case to the administration. The message signed by 103 people, among them Yevgeny Mironov, Chulpan Khamatova, Boris Grebenshchikov, Alexander Rastorguev, Vitaly Mansky, Alexei Popogrebsky, Olga Dyhovnichnaya, Grigory Chkhartishvili, Meladze, Avdotya Smirnova, Eldar Ryazanov, Andrei Smirnov, Zhvanetski and others.
Today, as it became known that the complaint defenders Pussy Riot on the actions of Russian ships were registered in the European Court of Human Rights. Date of review is not yet known.
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