19 December 2018, 08:20
Zhalaudi Geriev's CER denied
The Naur District Court of Chechnya has dismissed the petition of the advocate of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, about his conditional early relief (CER) from the colony.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on September 18, the Naur District Court ruled to apply CER to Zhalaudi Geriev, but on September 28, Maxim Dushin, Deputy Prosecutor General of Chechnya appealed against the ruling, and on November 8, the Supreme Court of Chechnya overturned the Geriev's CER.
In September 2016, Zhalaudi Geriev was sentenced to three years of imprisonment on the charge of marijuana possession. The defence insists on the illegality of the verdict. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" had declared Geriev to be a political prisoner.
The petition of Alaudi Musaev, Geriev's advocate, was considered on December 18 by the court at the travel session in the colony, where Geriev is serving his prison term.
The session lasted for about two and a half hours; according to its outcomes, the judge made a decision to reject the advocate's motion, Mr Musaev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
"The Chairing Judge Vasily Kyulbakov has announced only the operative part of the decision; its motivation will become clear after studying its text," the advocate has explained, adding that the defence intends to appeal against the court's decision.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 18, 2018 at 08:12 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Author: Rasul Magomedov Source: CK correspondent
