Maxim Lypkan
Maxim Lypkan, born 2005, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Maxim Lypkan's case on "fake facts" about the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (February 19, 2024): Forced medical treatment in a specialised hospital. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 8, 2023. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 3, 2023.
In brief
Moscow, Moscow Oblast · Moscow, Odintsovo · Students · Anti-war cases
Sentence
Forced medical treatment in a specialised hospital
Upheld June 11, 2024
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was an interview about the war and protests that Lypkan gave to Radio Liberty
Latest event
June 11, 2024 — appeal
The court issued a ruling.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 3, 2023
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
· First-instance verdict
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· Persecution begins
Maxim Lypkan's case on "fake facts" about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Maxim Lypkan's case on "fake facts" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-38/2024 (1-1078/2023;)
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
142360, Московская область, городской округ Чехов, п. Мещерское, стр. 39, к. 21, ГБУЗ Московской области "Психиатрическая больница №2 имени В.И. Яковенко", Лыпкань Максим Кириллович, 2005 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Moscow, he submitted a notification about holding a rally called "The Year of Hell" on 24 February 2023. The Moscow authorities refused to approve the rally, citing the epidemiological situation. Lypkan tried to challenge the refusal in court, but the court did not satisfy his claim. The activist was detained after a search hold in his place on 20 February 2023, and his father's place was also searched. The lawyer was not allowed into the flat during the search. When the lawyer arrived at Lypkan's house, he was met at the entrance by four men in civilian clothes, who started talking to him rudely and pressing him; the unknown men also told Kachmazov "let's go out". The next day Lypkan was taken into custody in the case of "fake facts" about the Russian Armed Forces. In the pre-trial detention center, the young man was bullied by his cellmates: according to his lawyer, they shaved a Mohawk on his head. After the story went public, they were transferred to another cell. On 30 October Lypkan was transferred to a psychiatric hospital. On 19 February 2024, the court sentenced the young man to the forced medical treatment. In September 2024 it became known that Lypkan did not receive letters in the psychiatric hospital where he was kept.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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