Ilya Azar

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Moh.moscow, Journalist, Municipal Deputy

Incident date: May 28, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel "Apology for protest"

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Tverskoy District Court arrested Ilya Azar for 15 days for an individual picket in support of the creator of the Police Ombudsman public page Vladimir Vorontsov, who was prosecuted under criminal articles, and activist Viktor Nemytov, who was also arrested for 15 days. Azar was found guilty under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (repeated violation of the procedure for holding public events). Later, the Moscow City Court reduced Azar's term of administrative arrest from 15 to 10 days.