Participants of the pickets in support of Ratmir Zhilokov and Diana Tsipinova. Screenshot of the post on "Адвокатская улица" (Advocates' Street) Twitter account

05 June 2020, 17:59

Law enforcers consider pickets in support of advocates from Kabardino-Balkaria as a hidden form of mass protests

Law enforcers called pickets of advocates in support of their colleagues from Kabardino-Balkaria a "hidden form of a mass event." Protesters insist that they held solo pickets. They intend to challenge the accusations up to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

On May 31, in Moscow, seven persons, including advocates, were detained while holding pickets with the demand to stop the persecution of Ratmir Zhilokov and Diana Tsipinova, accused of beating a policeman.

According to investigators, Ratmir Zhilokov argued with policemen and hit one of them on May 20 when the law enforcers entered an illegal casino in Nartkala. An employee of the illegal gambling outlet refused to let the policemen in and invited advocate Ratmir Zhilokov. After his quarrel with the policemen, the advocate was detained.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 5, 2020 at 02:05 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

January 24, 2025 23:32

January 24, 2025 22:56

January 24, 2025 21:52

  • European journalists speak out in support of Mziya Amaglobeli

    European organizations of journalists have issued an appeal to the authorities of Georgia calling them on to stop persecuting Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi”online publications, and to investigate the brutal treatment to which she had been subjected.

January 23, 2025 22:45

  • Rights activists call on PACE to get Baku to release political prisoners

    International human rights organizations have called on the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to confirm the suspension of Azerbaijan's powers and establish criteria for restoring them, including the release of political prisoners and enforcement of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

January 23, 2025 22:16

News archive