The ECHR accepted for consideration an appeal on the illegal detention of journalist Iryna Danylovych. This was reported by lawyer Serhii Danilovich Zayets.
“Detention without drawing up a protocol or any registration of this fact, detention without communication with the outside world, without access to a lawyer, in the basement of the local department of the FSB, the use of torture. These are all violations of fundamental human rights. At the same time, the Russian security forces tried to deny the fact of the violation, arguing that Irina was with them voluntarily, of her own free will”,- said the lawyer.
In January 2023, lawyers prepared and filed a complaint with the ECHR due to a violation of Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
“The fact that Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe does not mean that we should lay down our hands. The struggle is important for those who suffer from Russian repression. Although this appeal will not affect Irina’s position, the fight is important to increase international pressure, and sooner or later Russia will be forced to respond to it”,- the lawyer added.
We remind you that on April 29, in the occupied Crimea in the village of Vladyslavivka near Feodosiia, Russian security forces searched the house of civilian journalist Iryna Danylovych, after which the woman was detained.
On March 22, Iryna Danylovych went on a dry hunger strike until she was provided with normal medical treatment or until her death. She took this step in protest against the bullying of her by the administration of the pre-trial detention center because of the failure to provide medical assistance.
On April 4, the management of the pre-trial detention center promised to provide Iryna with an opportunity to undergo an examination, after which the activist stopped her hunger strike, but so far she has not been provided with any treatment.