Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray
Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray, born 1982, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 items b, g, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Moscow”. Sentence (May 16, 2023): 5 years and 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 10, 2022. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 20, 2022.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Office workers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years 2 months
5 years and 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld August 20, 2024
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 items b, g, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (using an official position, a group of individuals, falsification of evidence, for selfish motives, or out of hatred)
Full wording of the charges
by prior agreement with persons directing his actions from abroad, provided technical preparation and subsequent covert placement in a shopping centre in Moscow of mobile devices which were used to remotely send to subscribers of Russian telecommunications operators knowingly false messages about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, including alleged killings of civilians.
Latest event
August 20, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 20, 2022
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 2 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Moscow
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray's case on "fakes" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Moscow
Thematic group: Anti-war case; The case of dissemination of "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine by an organised group in Moscow
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Full summary
Giraldo Saray, a citizen of Colombia, has been living in Russia since the early 2000s. He was detained on 10 April 2022. The next day, the court ruled to send him into custody on charges of disseminating knowingly false information about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces by a group of persons. According to the investigation, he "by prior agreement with persons who directed his actions from abroad, provided technical preparation and subsequent secret placement of mobile devices in one of the shopping centres of Moscow", through which unidentified persons "remotely made a mass mailing to subscribers of Russian telecommunications operators knowingly false messages about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, including the alleged killing of civilians", "as well as about the replenishment of the regular number of troops with reservists, conscripts, foreign soldiers, and other military personnel". On 16 May 2023, Giraldo Saray was sentenced to five years and two months in prison.
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- Citizenship
- Colombia
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