28 March 2023, 20:05

ECtHR communicates complaints of lawyer Mikhail Benyash* about being beaten and arrested by law enforcers

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russian authorities to answer the questions concerning the complaints submitted by the Krasnodar lawyer, Mikhail Benyash, about being beaten by law enforcers after detention and for arrest.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 6, 2023, a court sentenced Benyash to a fine, finding him guilty of attacking law enforcers. In the last word, Benyash refused to plead guilty.

On September 9, 2018, Benyash was detained in Krasnodar along with participants in an unsanctioned rally against the pension reform. According to investigators, Benyash used violence against policemen by biting the hand of one of them. Benyash himself reported that after his detention, he was beaten up.

Let us remind you that on January 22, 2021, Mikhail Benyash* was detained on suspicion of organizing an unsanctioned action. He then treated this as an attempt to deprive local activists of legal aid, whom he, as a lawyer, had promised to protect. The next day, a court arrested Benyash for five days for calling for participation in an unsanctioned rally. The judge has treated Benyash's post in social networks, in which he asked his fellow lawyers to provide free legal assistance to the detainees, as such a call.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 27, 2023 at 08:15 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot

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