News: April 2004 Archives
Russian human rights organizations will ask the Amnesty International to declare Igor Sutyagin prisoner of conscience. The letter already has more than thirty signatures. If you would like to add your name to the request, please, send a letter to info@hro.org before 8:00pm April 21st, 2004.
The Moscow Helsinki Group, the Committee to Defend Scientists, and the defense of Igor Sutyagin will hold a round table discussion about the Sutyagin case on April 26th, 2004.
On April 14, 2004 the defense of Igor Sutyagin filed an appeal to the Supreme Court, protesting his conviction. The defense quotes numerous procedural violatioins during the trial, which include withholding evidence that exonerates Igor, as well as incorrect wording of the questions that were posed to the jury.
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The purpose of this site is to gather support for Igor Sutyagin, a Moscow researcher accused by the Russian security service, the FSB, of treason and espionage.
Igor was found guilty after a jury trial at the Moscow City Court and then sentenced to 15 years in hard labor. He insists that he is innocent and has appealed the court decision. Igor belives that he was denied his chance to get a fair trial. The many irregularities during the trial give the defense enough grounds for an appeal.
Virtually all who knew Igor and most of his colleagues believe that he is not guilty and his prosecution is simply an example of the power that the FSB has over the Russian judicial system. The FSB has failed to present any evidence of any wrongdoing by Igor. All the case is based on FSB's unsubstantiated claims.
