23 July 2010, 20:00
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.