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Is Microsoft Able to Control Its Representatives?
We publish the response from Microsoft Corporation to the appeal of Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the head of Moscow Helsinki Group, that was supported by well-known human rights defenders, lawyers and public figures.
Microsoft Avoids Taking Responsibility for its Representative's Action in Anastasia Denisova's Case
On April 15 “Transparency international – Russia” and Human Rights Center “Memorial” received an official reply from Corporation “Microsoft-Russia” to their common appeal, where NGOs expressed their concern about involvement of the company in non-transparent schemes and in notorious criminal cases against civil activists and human rights defenders. Although the appeal was sent to the headquarters in the USA, the reply came form the legal affairs department of Microsoft-Russia.
Role of Microsoft Corporation in the Criminal Case against Anastasia Denisova
We are often asked about the role of Miscrosoft Corporation in this criminal case. If it does take part in this case, then how and on what grounds? In this short text we would like to answer these questions and provide readers with documents, produced at investigation and pre-hearings.
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Investigation Got Tangled: Court Sent Anastasia Denisova's Case Back to Prosecution
Public prosecutor has withdrawn the case from court, acknowledging serious discrepancies. Investigation got tangled in dates, streets, experts and did not even verify real beholders and users of the seized computers and the laptop.
The Third Pre-hearing Ended up with Appointing the Forth and the Last One
Second Pre-hearing in Denisova's Case Took Place in Krasnodar
On March 24, 2010 at the second pre-hearing the senior assistant of the district prosecutor Zhanna Karpenko was supposed to present an answer to the defence motion. During the first pre-hearing the defence councel asked for the elimination of criminal charges because of the absence of the document, which annuls an order to dismiss criminal complaint. All of a sudden, it turned out at the pre-hearing that such a document had showed up in the criminal case.
First Pre-Hearing in Anastasia Denisova's Case Took Place Today
On March 22, 2010 a pre-hearing on Anastasia Denisova's case (the head of NGO “ETHnICS”, member of the Coordinating Council of YHRM, an employee of HRC “Memorial” and Green Alternative activist) took place in Leninskyi regional court of Krasnodar.
Front Line: Criminal proceedings against human rights defender Ms Anastasia Denisova
The formal pre-hearing in the trial of human rights defender Ms Anastasia Denisova will take place on 22 March 2010 at 10 am. Anastasia Denisova has been charged with the “illegal use of non-licensed software by a person in an official position” and the “creation of computer malware”. If found guilty of these charges, she could face up to nine years in prison and a fine of up to 700,000 Rubles (approximately 17,400 Euro).
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