St Petersburg. Final November fifteenth, OVD-info reported {that a} defendant within the army “fakes” case has informed about humiliation and torture in a psychiatric hospital.
The employees of the psychiatric hospital No. 3 named after I. I. Skovortsov-Stepanov abuse Victoria Petrova, a defendant within the case of army “fakes” from St. Petersburg. That is reported in her Telegram channel by her lawyer Anastasia Pilipenko.
As Petrova informed her, she was pressured to undress for a “bodily examination” in entrance of male employees, with girls close by on the time. Afterwards, the hospital employees mocked and laughed at her in response to her request to vary her pad earlier than the examination, as she was bleeding on her legs on account of menstruation.
Petrova’s fingers have been then clasped when she refused to take a bathe in entrance of everybody current and requested to be left solely with the ladies, as was the case within the pre-trial detention centre. The lady was then tied up and shaken “like a mutt” and promised to be overwhelmed “simply as a welcome to the brand new place”.
As well as, Petrova was tied to the mattress by her fingers and toes and injected with remedy that made her unable to talk for 2 days. Whereas she was beneath the affect of the remedy, the hospital employees threw her garments over her face.
The case towards Petrova was initiated in Might 2022 due to a video in VKontakte devoted to the warfare in Ukraine. She was charged with spreading army “fakes” on the grounds of political or ideological hatred (merchandise “e” half 2 of article 207.3 of the Prison Code). In the identical month she was detained and despatched to pre-trial detention centre. In October this 12 months, the court docket transferred the lady to a psychiatric hospital. As well as, the lady was appointed a authorized consultant – her uncle turned her authorized consultant.
18 November Petrova’s lawyer Anastasia Pilipenko mentioned that the lady was transferred to a different ward. She was now not overwhelmed, humiliated and tied to the mattress, in addition to injected with tranquilisers.
“As soon as once more I’m satisfied that the primary factor that may change the state of affairs in such a closed establishment is shut consideration from the skin,” Pilipenko commented.
Since 24 February 2022 – the primary day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – residents of Russian cities have been occurring anti-war rallies day by day and talking out in regards to the tragedy on-line. Anti-war speeches and statements turn into a purpose for prison prosecution. To date, greater than 750 individuals have been prosecuted for protesting towards the warfare with Ukraine. Learn extra about it in our infographic.
Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false details about using the armed forces of the Russian Federation) was included within the Prison Code in March 2022 – that is how the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, in addition to the dissemination of details about the warfare that doesn’t come from official Russian sources. The utmost penalty beneath the article is 15 years in jail.
“Anti-war case”
Because the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, residents of Russian cities have been holding anti-war actions and talking out in regards to the “particular operation” on social networks. These actions turn into a purpose for prison prosecution.
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