25 September 2009, 15:00

Journalists lack seats in courtroom at Kadyrov vs. Orlov case

Today, the Tver Court of Moscow has held its first hearing on the merits of the claim of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", on defence of honour, dignity and business reputation. The claim stems from Mr Orlov's statement that President of Chechnya is responsible for the kidnapping in Chechnya and murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova.

Over 30 media people tried to get to the session; however, many of them could not do it - no seats. The trial is run by Judge Tatiana Fedosova, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Earlier, Anna Stavitskaya, Orlov's advocate, said that the sessions would be open. "There are no grounds for holding it in the closed regime," she said.

See earlier reports:

""Memorial" is ready to sue Kadyrov for statements about Estemirova", "HRW: Chechen President's suit to "Memorial" distracts from investigating Estemirova's murder", "Consideration of Chechen President's claim to head of "Memorial" to start on September 25", "HRW urges Chechen President to recall his claim against head of "Memorial"", "Kadyrov appeals against GUVD's refusal to initiate criminal case against head of "Memorial"".

Author: Alexander Baklanov Source: CK correspondent

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