Russia: Feminist jailed for posting red exclamation mark on Instagram

The Tverskoi court in its capital Russia imposed imprisonment 15 days to the feminist activist Daria Serenko for a post he made on Instagram in which he put red exclamation markbased on the article on the promotion of “prohibited symbols” (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code), said lawyer Peter Chromov in the Novaya Gazeta.

The reason for Serenko being brought to justice was a post by the activist with the symbols of the “Smart Voting” (which was adopted by Alexei Navalnyfor the elections in the State Duma – s.s.) on Instagram on September 16 of last year, is broadcast by APE BPE.

THE Pavle Tsikov The head of the human rights group “Agora” wrote that the symbols have not been recognized as extremist and noted that there are at least two known court decisions, in the cities of Kranoyarsk and Varonez, where similar cases were rejected due to lack of evidence of a crime.

“I also received threats,” Serenko said

In early November 2021, Daria Serenko had stated that she was receiving phone calls and threatening messages, which began after she posted on Facebook about xenophobia and immigration.

«One of my addresses was leaked. My phone number has been leaked. They hacked some of my accounts. They made 320 calls. They tried to register in my name 40 loans from various banks“, He had written then on Facebook.

Daria Serenko is feminist activist and author. He has written the book “Girls and institutionsWhich is a research on the relationships of women collectives in various cultural institutions.

Yesterday, based on the same article of the administrative code, Pussy Riot activist Maria Aliochina sentenced to 15 days in prison and the “Other Russia” activist Alexander Rybkin.

Khromov told Novaya Gazeta that the defense had attached to the case file medical reports stating that Serenko was suffering from otitis. However, according to him, Judge Panova denied to satisfy most of the defense proposals, but agreed to interrogate Inspector Yelena Tsimbalova, who drafted the report against Serenko.

Source: News Beast

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