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| Defense of Ingush activists refused to challenge a judge |
| 2023-03-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The Stavropol Territory Court refused to challenge the state defenders in the "Ingush case", after which the defense challenged the judge, but the court rejected this request as well. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that at today's session in the Stavropol Regional Court in Pyatigorsk, the defendants in the "Ingush case" refused the services of public defenders, who were appointed by the court in case of absence of lawyers by agreement. Consideration of the appeal in the case of the leaders of the Ingush opposition began in Stavropol on January 13, but the process was postponed due to the lawyer's illness. The defendants asked for personal participation in the meeting, but the court decided that they would participate remotely via video link from the pre-trial detention center. On February 3, the process resumed, the court closed the meeting from the press and agreed to the personal presence of the defendants. The defense demanded the removal of the judges, but this motion was rejected. Lawyers for the Ingush oppositionists asked that their case be withdrawn from appeal because the court of first instance violated the right of all the defendants to defense, but the court satisfied this request only partially. On February 17, the court in Pyatigorsk, contrary to the objections of the prosecutor, agreed to give the defendants additional time to familiarize themselves with the case materials, but a new meeting was postponed. On February 20, the defendants were awakened in the middle of the night to be taken to court, and in response to the request of the elderly to bring them later, the judge threatened to conduct the trial without them . Judge Alexander Duhin rejected the motion to challenge the state defenders who were appointed defendants in the case of protests in Magas. After that, lawyer Bashir Tochiev challenged the judge, who was supported by other lawyers, and lawyers Magomed Abubakarov and Dzhabrail Kuriev, as well as defendants Akhmed Barakhoev and Malsag Uzhakhov, supplemented his statement, the Telegram channel "full PC 2.0", which is run by the Rights Protection Center, reported today Human "Memorial". The main claim of lawyers to the presiding judge is his bias and incompetence. However, the judge denied this request as well. At the same time, the court announced only the operative part, which follows from the text broadcast from the courtroom, which is conducted by the center. After that, by agreement, the lawyers suggested that the public defenders withdraw from the process, but the court withdrew this proposal. The accused Barakh Chemurziev filed a motion to return the case to the first instance. He motivated him by the fact that he was not provided with the complaints of other defendants and lawyers. All lawyers supported Chemurziev's petition. A new hearing in the case will be held on April 7, according to a message in the Telegram channel. Recall that seven protest leaders in Ingushetia were charged with creating an extremist community. On December 15, 2021, a court in Essentuki sentenced Akhmed Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov and Malsag Uzhakhov to nine years in prison, Ismail Nalgiev, Bagaudin Khautiev and Barakh Chemurziev to eight years, and Zarif Sautiev to 7.5 years. At the rally in Magas, the defendants, on the contrary, urged the protesters to refrain from riots, the defense and the defendants themselves declared in the court of first instance. Activists have received lengthy sentences for peaceful protest, journalists and political analysts have said. Materials about this process were collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page " Ingushetia: the case of protest leaders " and in the reference material." |
| Posted by:badanov |