Write for Rights 2022: Russia - Aleksandra Skochilenko

Aleksandra Skochilenko is a songwriter and artist from St. Petersburg. She is accused of replacing price tags in local supermarkets with anti-war information, including about those killed during the shelling of the Mariupol Drama Theatre in Ukraine. On 11 April, police searched Aleksandra Skochilenko’s home, and they arrested and interrogated her until 3am the next morning. On 13 April, the Vasileostrovsky District Court placed her in pre-trial detention until 1 June 2022 (the term is likely to be extended).

Aleksandra is accused of “public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the exercise by state bodies of the Russian Federation of their powers” under the recently added Article 207.3(2) of the Criminal Code. She faces 5 to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Видео Write for Rights 2022: Russia - Aleksandra Skochilenko канала Amnesty International USA