23:40, 12 February 2007

Human rights defender fined for holding a picket in memory of Politkovskaya has lodged a complaint to the SC of Ingushetia

Human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov has appealed to the Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia against the decision of the Nazran District Court of the Republic, which upheld the verdict of the magistrate judge of Court District No. 8 of Nazran, who had fined Mr. Mutsolgov for breaching the order of holding a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya on October 16 last year. M. Mutsolgov himself told about it to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot." In his supervisory complaint he demands to cancel the decisions of both courts and to stop the proceedings on the administrative offence because of his innocence.

We remind you that on October 16 last year, militia and "people in civilian clothes" dispersed with application of violence a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya held in the Bazorkin Avenue in the centre of Nazran. Eight persons were detained: five employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial," Magomed Mutsolgov, the organizer of the action, Ruslan Maisigov, ITAR-TASS correspondent, and two random passers-by.

Author: Vyacheslav Feraposhkin, CK correspondent