Bashkir activist Dim Davletkildin, arrested in the case of mass unrest, is in the hospital, his relatives reported, citing the results of examinations at Ufa Clinical Hospital No. 21.
According to one of the published reports dated January 23, a CT scan revealed a fracture of the transverse process in the lumbar spine in Davletkildin.
“The documents unconditionally confirm that he was severely beaten by security forces, and was also forced to testify under pressure,” Davletkildin’s relatives write in the activist’s support group.
On January 22, the Sovetsky District Court of Ufa sent Davletkildin to a pre-trial detention center on the case of participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) at a gathering in support of the defender of the Bashkir shihans, Fail Alsynov.
Davletkildin’s wife Yulia reported that on January 19, five riot police officers and two investigators came to their house. Since Dim was at work, the security forces interviewed his wife and asked her to tell her husband to come to the police department for a conversation.
On January 20, when Davletkildin came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was detained. The couple's home was searched, after which the activist was taken to Ufa. According to Yulia, the investigative actions were carried out without the participation of witnesses, the security forces interrogated Davletkildin’s young children, and one of the riot police officers knew the password to the man’s phone.
The court in Baymak on January 17 sentenced Fail Alsynov to four years in prison in the case of inciting hatred and enmity due to speeches against plans to begin gold mining in the republic. The activist’s associates came to support him in court, but security forces began to disperse the protesters, using tear gas and stun grenades. In response, the participants of the gathering threw snowballs.
After the arrests at the gathering, the courts received more than a hundred reports of “disobedience” to the police, and the Investigative Committee opened a case of mass riots (parts 1 and 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and the use of violence in against security forces (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). The names of at least 11 defendants are now known.