Urgent Action: Prominent defender must be released

The final hearing in the trial against Oyub Titiev, prominent human rights defender and head of Memorial’s Grozny office, will take place on 11 March. He is facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted on fabricated drug-related charges. He is a prisoner of conscience, persecuted solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights and should be released immediately and unconditionally.

Take action.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 11 MARCH 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in English or Russian to:

Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation

Yuriy Yakovlevich Chaika

Russian Federation

Fax: +7495 987 58 41/ +7495 692 17 25

Twitter: @Genproc

Salutation: Dear Prosecutor General

And copies to:

Prosecutor of the Chechen Republic 

Sharpuddi Abdul-Kadyrov 

Prosecutor’s Office of the Chechen Republic 

Chechen Republic, Russian Federation 

Email: procurat-chech@mail.ru 

Twitter: @chechproc 

President of the Russian Federation 

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 

Moscow, Russian Federation 

Fax: +7 495 9102134 

Twitter: @KremlinRussia @KremlinRussia_E 

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

HIS EXCELLENCY MR ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH YAKOVENKO Embassy of  Russia 6-7 Kensington Palace Gardens London W8 4QP 020 7229 6412

Please check with your section before sending appeals after the above date.