In Shali there have been a series of hearings on Oyub Titiyev’s case
On January 21 and 22, the Shali City Court continued to examine the case against the director of the Grozny office of the Memorial Human Rights Center, Oyub Titiyev, for drug possession.
The court questioned three forensic specialists, who reviewed the conclusions, outlined in the case file, of the experts of the forensic center of Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Chechen Republic. The court discussed the contents of the black bag removed from Titiyev’s car: the green matter that was in the bag and on the rug in front of the car seat as well as the samples from Oyub’s palms and from under his nails.
The specialists have found numerous gross flaws in the original examination, casting doubt on the reliability of the state expert’s conclusions.
The defense continued to file petitions. The lawyer, Marina Dubrovina, asked that the owners of shops, pharmacies, etc., located on the route Oyub took from detention, be brought to court. They could explain how the video surveillance cameras installed on their buildings broke and whether they were under threat when they made their statements during the preliminary investigation. The judge denied this petition.
Then advocate Pyotr Zaikin filed a motion to perform a technical examination of the cameras and recorders that were so massively broken on January 9. The judge retired to her chambers. She will announce her decision at the next hearing on January 28.
