Russia Moscow First meeting of the court in the case Koltchenko-Sentsov (fr) - BEST FOR YOU

 (en) alsace.alternativelibertaire: First meeting of the court
in the case Koltchenko-Sentsov (fr) [machine translation]

Here we distribute the release of the national support group to Koltchenko. ---- There are 
more than a year, the Ukrainians, Alexander Koltchenko, known for his anti-fascist 
commitments union, anarchists and environmentalists, as well as filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, 
were kidnapped by the Russian political police (FSB) and taken to Moscow. Like many other 
political prisoners in Russia, the real reason for their detention is their struggle for 
freedom and open opposition to the Kremlin's policy, in this case the military occupation 
of the Crimea by Russia. ---- Today, July 9, 2015, the court convened and set the trial to 
21 July. After being tortured and spent months in detention in draconian conditions, A. 
and O. Koltchenko Sentsov, will spend for the first time in court. To ensure "the proper 
conduct of the trial" they were transferred to Rostov on Don, near the Russian capital and 
is organized movement demanding their release.

Tcherniy Guenadiy and Oleksiy Afanasyev, arrested at the same time declared "terrorists" 
in the same case and had agreed to "cooperate" with the investigation committee were 
sentenced to 7 years in prison. Alexander and Oleg Koltchenko Sentsov, denying the 
accusations false and absurd risk 20 years in labor camps.

Since April action, protests and support rallies have multiplied in Ukraine (relayed even 
in official media), Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, France, or in Tunisia. We call for 
further mobilize and protest for the immediate release of Koltchenko and Sentsov, as well 
as other political prisoners in Russia.

Collective Koltchenko supported by:

League of Human Rights, International Federation for Human Rights, repression resistance 
group in Russia, Ukraine Action Association of Ukrainian Students in France, Russia 
Freedoms CEDETIM - Initiatives for Another World - Assembly European Citizens, 
Cosmopolitan Project Foundation, Antifascist Action-Paris Suburbs, Paris Suburbs 
Antifascist Collective, Memorial 98, Union syndicale Solidaires, CNT-f, CNT-SO, 
Emancipation, FSU, FSU 03, correctors CGT, SUD Education, SUD-PTT , Alternative 
Libertaire, Together! (Member of the Left Front) The Insurgent, Postal code, Anarchist 
Federation, Social criticism.

Published July 11, 2015 by CAL Alsace

http://alsace.alternativelibertaire.org/spip.php?article708