Political prisoner Oleg Orlov will challenge the status of “foreign agent”

On April 10, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow will consider the complaint of the co-chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov about his inclusion in the register of foreign agents. He will join the meeting via video link.

Oleg Orlov was recognized as a foreign agent on February 2, on the eve of the next trial in a criminal case for “repeated discrediting” of the army. On February 27, he was sentenced to a real prison term.
 
Recently, Oleg Orlov complained about the lack of medical care in the pre-trial detention center. Due to problems with a runny nose and without treatment, the human rights activist began to hear much worse, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.

From the moment of his verdict, Oleg Orlov, at the request of judge Elena Astakhova, was taken every day to the Golovinsky Court in Moscow to familiarize himself with the case materials and was brought back only at night. Most often, he spends the entire day in a convoy room, deprived of rest, hot food and full communication with a lawyer.

Let us recall that on February 27, the Golovinsky Court of Moscow sentenced Oleg Orlov to 2.5 years in prison under the article on “repeated discrediting” of the army. The human rights activist was tried for an anti-war article in which he called the Putin regime fascist.

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