Russia: Conviction and arbitrary detention of Sergei Davidis
29/04/2021
Conviction /
April 29, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Russian Federation. Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed about the conviction and arbitrary detention of
Sergei Davidis, member of the board of Memorial Human Rights Center (HRC Memorial) [1], a member organisation of FIDH, and director of the HRC Memorial “Support for Political Prisoners” program.
On April 27, 2021, Sergei Davidis was sentenced by the Meshchansky District Court to ten days of administrative detention under Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Russia (“organising a public event without filing a notice”) for making a retweet, on April 18, 2021, containing information about the April 21 pro-Navalny
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