Mother of child killed in Beslan terror goes on hunger strike

In Beslan, Svetlana Margieva, whose daughter was killed in the terror act and who took part in a protest action, went on a hunger strike in protest against the actions of the police. The court has pronounced the decision to fine all the women involved in the protest action, who have been detained today. The detainees also plan to go on a hunger strike.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today, in Beslan, the police detained five women who came to a protest action, dressed in T-shirts with accusations against the President of Russia. The women were charged with violation of the order of holding a meeting. The action was filmed by Elena Kostyuchenko, a special correspondent of "Novaya Gazeta", and Diana Khachatryan, a reporter from the edition named "Takie Dela" (Such Matters), who were taken to the police station together with the protesters.

Today, in Beslan, the court has pronounced the decision to fine the participants of the action. They were found guilty of violating articles "Failure to obey to a lawful order of a police officer" and "Violation of order of organizing or holding meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches or pickets" of the Code of Administrative Offences. Each of the participants of the action was fined 500 roubles. In the course of the court hearing, it became known that Svetlana Margieva, one of the participants of the action, went on a hunger strike, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports.

According to the newspaper, the women involved in the action were detained in a very rude manner. So, in the course of detention, policemen "hit Svetlana Margieva so severely that she threw up." The newspaper also published photos of the detained participants of the action: their hands bore signs of multiple bruises.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.