All Posts Tagged With: "Moscow City Court"
With Verdict Upheld, Khodorkovsky Becomes ‘Prisoner of Conscience’
Following a much-criticized decision by a Moscow appeals court to uphold Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev’s guilty verdict, Amnesty International has declared the pair to be prisoners of conscience.
May 25, 2011 | Continued
Police Pressure Court Aide as Witnesses Step Forward
Reports are trickling in that corroborate accusations of a Khamovnichesky Court aide that the Khodokovsky verdict wasn’t written by the presiding judge.
Feb 17, 2011 | Continued
Threats Against Moscow Judges On the Rise
A Moscow City Court representative says that more than a dozen judges have requested federal protection over the past year – the highest number in decades.
Sep 21, 2010 | Continued
Moscow City Court Rules in Favor of ‘Strategy 31’
The Moscow City Court has made a decisive ruling in favor of the opposition’s Strategy 31 rally campaign, annulling an earlier decision that denied the illegality of Moscow’s refusal to sanction the rallies.
Jul 20, 2010 | Continued
Russian Cop Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder
A former Russian police major has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering two and injuring 22 other people in a Moscow supermarket last April.
Feb 19, 2010 | Continued