Eldar Garipov
Eldar Garipov, born 1995, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “Eldar Garipov's case of violence against a Rosgvardiya officer at the 31 January rally in St. Petersburg”. Sentence (February 18, 2022): 1 year and 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, December 5, 2021.
In brief
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Sentence
1 year 6 months
1 year and 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony
Upheld May 4, 2022
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he used violence against an employee of the Rosgvardiya.
Latest event
May 4, 2022 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 5, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Eldar Garipov's case of violence against a Rosgvardiya officer at the 31 January rally in St. Petersburg
Criminal case
Eldar Garipov's case of violence against a Rosgvardiya officer at the 31 January rally in St. Petersburg
- Case number
- 1-26/2022 (1-359/2021;)
Thematic group: Palace case
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
196655, Ленинградская область, г. Колпино, Колпинская ул., д. 9, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области "Кресты", Гарипов Эльдар Валерьевич, 1995 г.р.
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Full summary
Eldar Garipov studied at Tver State University, Department of Geography and Geoecology, specialising in rural development. After graduation, he failed to find a job in his speciality and found a job in St. Petersburg as a GIS specialist.
Garipov participated in the action on 31 January. The detention was very brutal - several law enforcers piled on the young man, he was beaten on the head and lacerated.
Immediately after the detention Garipov was hospitalised. The staff of the medical centre, where he received first aid, reported his injuries to the police. After that, a neighbourhood policeman came to Garipov's home and promised to pass the materials about the beating at the rally to the Investigative Committee. However, after this conversation, the case was initiated against the rally participant himself.
Garipov insists that he did not use violence against the authorities and believes that he is being stigmatised in order to avoid prosecution for abuse of power.
Garipov was taken into custody. On 18 February 2022, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony and released in the courtroom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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