{"id":40540,"date":"2024-06-13T16:12:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/berufungsverfahren-gegen-oleg-orlov-vertagt\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:04:06","slug":"adjournment-of-oleg-orlovs-appeals-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/adjournment-of-oleg-orlovs-appeals-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjournment of Oleg Orlov\u2019s appeals process"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ongoing harassment against human rights activist<\/h1>\n
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On Thursday evening (June 6), the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and Memorial Germany held a vigil in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin to demand Oleg Orlov to be released. Photo: Memorial Germany<\/p><\/div>\n

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According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), today\u2019s hearing in the proceedings against the Russian human rights advocate Oleg Orlov once again shines a light on the ongoing harassment by the Russian authorities. \u201cOleg Orlov must \u2013 as his lawyer demands \u2013 be transferred back to Moscow immediately. By moving him to Sysran, the Russian judiciary ignored his right to confidential discussions with his lawyers, systematically violating his right to legal protection,\u201d criticized STP expert Nora Erdmann. \u201cOrlov has been unjustly imprisoned for over 100 days. We are demanding his immediate release and unconditional acquittal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court in Moscow had scheduled the first hearing in the appeal proceedings for this Friday. Representatives from numerous embassies \u2013 also from Germany \u2013 had attended the hearing as trial observers. Judge Maria Larkina decided to postpone the hearing to July 11, which was also supported by Orlov\u2019s lawyer Ekaterina Tertukhina and himself. Orlov had taken part via video conference. The judge denied a request to transfer Orlov back to Moscow to allow him to prepare for the appeals process properly and to avoid disadvantaging him against the prosecution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe judge\u2019s notion that taking part via video conference is to be seen as equivalent to being present in the hall is completely absurd. Orlov was not able to discuss positions with his lawyer during the trial. His constitutional rights are being grossly violated. In addition, as pensioners, he and his wife do not have the financial means to pay \u2013 in addition to the attorney\u2019s fees \u2013 the costs of the long journey from Sysran to Moscow and back,\u201d Erdmann emphasized.<\/p>\n

Due to Orlov\u2019s transfer, he had no time to familiarize himself with the materials relating to his case, his lawyer criticized. Confidential communication was not possible. \u201cIn my opinion, this is a blatant violation of the right to defense prior to an appeal,\u201d Tertukhina stated during the hearing. Further, Orlov\u2019s lawyer argued that arbitrarily postponing and obstructing the preparation of the appeal would be tantamount to prejudgement \u2013 emphasizing that the presumption of innocence applies until a final verdict is reached.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: gfbv.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ongoing harassment against human rights activist According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), today\u2019s hearing in the proceedings against the Russian human rights advocate Oleg Orlov once again shines a light on the ongoing harassment by the Russian authorities. \u201cOleg Orlov must \u2013 as his lawyer demands \u2013 be transferred back to Moscow immediately. By moving him to Sysran, the Russian judiciary ignored his right to confidential discussions with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":40538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Adjournment of Oleg Orlov\u2019s appeals process - Menschenrechte Osteuropa - News & Konflikte","description":"Ongoing harassment against human rights activist On Thursday evening (June 6), the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and Memorial Germany held a vigil in fro"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-news","category-bl-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40540"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40546,"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40540\/revisions\/40546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}