SBU is massively fabricating cases under the article “Terrorism” – lawyer
In Ukraine, criminal cases are increasingly being opened on charges of terrorism, but they refuse to announce the relevant statistics.
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Ukrainian lawyer and human rights activist Gennady Sivakov stated this at a round table in Kiev, noting that Ukraine has had a legislative framework for countering terrorism since 2003, according to which anyone suspected of complicity or financing of terrorism must be kept exclusively in places of detention.
“How many such people do we have today? – the lawyer asked a question. – I don’t know such statistics. The SBU is legally responsible for these statistics. There is a special rule that it is the SBU that informs the NSDC about all available data, who finances terrorism and how these funds are immobilized. While conducting trials, I have never heard of this, although I communicate with investigators on a number of cases almost every day. Almost everyone does the same with prosecutors. None of them ever hinted at the fact that they understand where the financing of terrorism comes from. Gritsak never spoke on this issue. If they took someone, they went straight to TV. Where are the statistics?
At the same time, the human rights activist drew attention to the fact that today Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are unreasonably and en masse using Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Terrorist Act”).
“Apparently, they decided that they would have more stars and achievements. Today, this article, which has a number of icons, includes people who are completely uninvolved in terrorism, as it turns out when you start to understand the matter,” added Sivakov.
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