Russian court returns Iryna Danylovych’s case to counterfeiters to eliminate violations

The Russian-controlled ‘Supreme Court’ in Crimea has returned the case of citizen journalist Iryna Danylovych to the court of first instance because the defendant had not finished reviewing the case materials.

This was reported by the Krym.Realii website (a Radio Liberty project) with reference to the Crimean Process.

According to the information, the meeting was held in an open mode; Danylovych herself was brought to participate in the process in person, despite her poor health.

“The court paid attention only to the fact that, due to her health, she could not fully familiarize herself with the protocols of the court sessions. In this regard, the panel decided to return the case to the court of first instance to complete the process of familiarizing the convicted person with the materials of the case,” the message reads.

Besides, the Russian authorities deceived Iryna Danylovych when they promised her treatment in exchange for the cessation of dry fasting, according to her father, Bronislav Danylovych.

According to him, his daughter told him that after only one doctor’s examination, she was not given any treatment.

According to Bronislav Danylovych, his daughter has suffered from constant and severe headaches for almost six months due to progressive otitis media and related diseases. Danylovych claims that the lack of treatment increases the risk of inflammation of the cerebral cortex every day, directly threatening her life.

Iryna Danylovych stopped communicating while being in Koktebel on the morning of April 29, 2022. At the same time, the Russian FSB officers searched the house where she lived without her participation. According to the search results, all the phones of Danylovych’s parents were seized, and they could not inform anyone about what had happened for several days.

The journalist is accused of allegedly illegal actions involving explosive substances or devices (Section 1 of Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia). A Russian court in Crimea sentenced citizen journalist and nurse Iryna Danylovych to seven years in prison. Danylovych worked as a nurse and maintained a page on social media networks and several blogger columns dedicated to the rights of medical workers and health care problems on the annexed peninsula.

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea initiated criminal proceedings on illegal searches and detention of Iryna Danylovych. And public organizations in Ukraine demand the release of civil activist Iryna Danylovych.

NUJU Information Service