a high-profile case of journalist Ivan Golunova “the idea was to change the situation for the better, but changed for the worst.” Commented on “Kommersant” the results of this case and of proceedings legal consultant for cases related to drugs, the expert of Institute of human rights Arseniy Levinson.
He explained that the tightening of legislation has been continued, and “anti-drug” 228 article of the criminal code to mitigate did not, despite popular demand. “The government decided to use populist rhetoric in order not to appear weak and to show that she is struggling with drugs,” — said the defender. According to him, in the year with “things Golunova” in the field of anti-narcotics legislation, nothing has changed. The Russians are still not protected from the provocations of the police.
Levinson added that if in place Golunova was another person, then at the meeting, the police would have said about “operational information” about drugs, and the court wouldn’t have anything more to demand. Golunova statements that the drugs were planted on him by police, would be ignored.
human rights activists say that in Russia hundreds of similar fraudulent cases of drug trafficking. International human rights group “Agora” was sent to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe a report on the systemic problems of Russian anti-narcotics legislation. For example, the police never abandoned the practice of “test purchases” of drugs that human rights activists call a provocation. And the courts are unable or unwilling to prevent the falsification of police officers in “drug” cases. After the “business Golunova” the Prosecutor General’s office announced the test of practice the police for drug-related crimes, but nothing was done. In 2015, the Prosecutor General adopted the recommendations on operational-investigative activities on cases linkedtion drug, but the document is classified, public regulations for the verification of the procurement and has not appeared. That is, lawyers in such cases can not rely on this document in court or to see how following the recommendations of investigators and prosecutors, said the head of the international practice of the “Agora” Kirill Koroteev.
human rights activists proposed to establish independent security forces, the oversight body that would report to Parliament and controlled the observance of laws by law enforcement officials. Such an Ombudsman “is not on the rights and duties” would analyze the law enforcement practice and to propose to the authorities the solution of system problems.
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