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During the visit of the HRC in Segezha colony, the prisoners staged a protest

Во время визита СПЧ в сегежскую колонию заключенные устроили акцию протеста

During the visit of the Council on human rights in Segezha penal colony No. 7, where he is serving time civic activist Ildar Dading, the prisoners held a protest action, reports “the Media” with reference to the member of the HRC Pavel chikova.

Chikova told about the action one of the prisoners. On Monday, 7 November, eight of the third division of land strict regime climbed to the roof of the hut with a poster “People who help”.

Thus they hoped to attract the attention of the HRC. However, I learned about this human rights activists the next day. “The convict said that prison officials removed them from the roof and where-that have taken”, — said SORS.

One of the participants name Anton Indeykin. Chiks asked the staff of IR-7 to trigger it, what the jailers said that such a person is in the colony no.

Later Deputy chief of the Karelian administration of the FSIN Alexey Fedotov, confirmed to the Commission the HRC that the protest was. The protesting prisoners were taken in the IR-1, which is 30 kilometers from Segezha. Chikov sure that this is done in order to exclude the possibility of a meeting with members of the HRC.

The members of the HRC addressed to the Chairman of the Council Mikhail Fedotov and asked to coordinate with the Federal penitentiary service visit IK-1 to communicate with these prisoners, but this was denied. “There is reason to believe that during a protest action they can be punished”, — said SORS.

Human rights defenders arrived in the Karelian corrective colony after the “Medusa” published a letter Ildar Dading, who was convicted for participating in the pickets. In it he said that in September he was subjected to torture. In November it has arrived the Commission, headed by the Commissioner for human rights in the Republic of Karelia, then — Commissioner for human rights in Russia Tatiana Moskalkova.

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