20:00, 23 July 2010
Orlov petitions to close the criminal case initiated by Kadyrov
Today, Oleg Orlov, chairman of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and his advocate Genry Reznik signed a protocol that they had got acquainted with the materials of the slander criminal case initiated against Orlov by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
Besides, Orlov and Reznik put forward a petition to stop the criminal case and two petitions on adding materials to the criminal case files. As reported by the HRC, Mr Orlov's advocate sent a letter to inspector Volkova, T. V., about the freedom restriction measure for the human rights defender.