Court hearing of journalist Semena will be held on February 17 in Simferopol

Дата: 08 February 2017
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The first hearing in the case of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena will be held on February 17 at the Russian-controlled Zheleznodorozhnyi District Court of Simferopol. The case will be considered by judge Nadia Shkolna.

As reported by Crimean lawyer Emil Kurbedinov to the Krym.Realiyi.

“The first date – February 17. We stated about holding a preliminary hearing. Intercession of the defense will be reviewed during preliminary hearing, which is primary. That is, the exclusion of certain evidence from the case, which we believe were obtained with violation of law; other intercessions are related to questions about the files in a case, biographical particulars of Mykola Semena. Schedule is being set. We can say that it is introductory hearing”, – said the lawyer.

Kurbedinov added that on February 28 the court hearing with actual consideration of the case will be held.

As a reminder, in spring, massive searches took place in Crimea, including in the independent journalists who are suspected of collaboration with Krym.Realii. A criminal case was opened with respect to the Radio Liberty’s author Mykola Semena on suspicion of threatening the territorial integrity of Russia. Russian investigation forbade him to leave the peninsula. 

On August 23, his defense submitted a request to FSB to allow Semena to leave Crimea for medical treatment.

Previously International and European Federation of Journalists, as well as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Speech, also had requested to allow the journalist to get medical treatment in Kyiv.

Crimean department of FSB refused to satisfy the request of the journalist.

On November 28, Semena could not visit Brussels to receive the European Prize for the freedom of speech named after Pavlo Sheremet because of the ban on travel outside Crimea.

On January 20, Semena was presented an indictment in the case on separatism under the Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (Public appeals for the performance of extremist activity). Lawyer Kurbedinov stated that the indictment was presented in violation of the Criminal-Procedural Code: document must have been presented by representative of Prosecutor’s Office, while FSB investigator Oleksandr Parshutin presented the indictment to Mykola Semena in the administration building.

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