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  REPORTERS SANS FRONTIERES / REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS RUSSIA Politkovskaya trial will after all be open to press and public A Moscow military court that is trying four men for journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s murder ruled today that the press and public will not after all be barred from the courtroom after one of the defendant’s lawyers, Murad Musayev, said the jurors were not opposed to an open trial. The court had announced on 19 November, when the last hearing was held, that the trial would be held behind closed doors at the jury’s request. But the next day, in an interview for independent radio Echo Moskvy, one of the jurors denied that the jury had made any such request. The juror was dropped the jury today at his request. When presiding judge Yevgeny Zubov adjourned the trial on 19 November, he scheduled the next hearing for 10 December. But a few days later, it was brought forward to today. Musayev also told journalists a few minutes before the start of today’s hearing that the person who ordered Politkovskaya’s murder was a Russian politician. Yesterday, the head of the Russian prosecutor’s office investigation committee, Alexander Bastrykin, insisted that the identity of the person who ordered her murder was still unknown. 25.11 – Russie: Affaire Anna Politkovskaya, le proces sera finalement ouvert Le 25 novembre 2008, le tribunal militaire de Moscou a decide que le proces des assassins presumes de la journaliste Anna Politkovskaya sera finalement ouvert u la presse et au public. Selon l’un des avocats des accuses, Mourad Moussayev, les jures ont reaffirme qu’ils n’etaient pas contre l’ouverture du proces. Le 19 novembre, le tribunal avait pretexte une demande des jures pour fermer le proces u la presse et au public. L’un d’entre eue avait alors affirme sur les ondes de Echo Moskvy que le tribunal leur avait force la main pour obtenir un huis clos. Suite u cette declaration, il a demande u ne plus figurer parmi les jures. Le tribunal l’a recuse le 25 novembre. Le 19 novembre 2008, le juge Evgueni Zoubov avait suspendu le proces jusqu’au 10 decembre. Mais, quelques jours plus tard, une nouvelle audience etait fixie au 25 novembre. Quelques minutes avant l’ouverture de l’audience le 25 novembre, l’avocat Mourad Moussayev a declare que le commanditaire de cet assassinat etait un "homme politique russe". La veille Alexandre Bastrykine, le president du comite d’enquete du parquet russe, a annonce que l’identite du commanditaire n’etait toujours pas connue. Elsa Vidal Elsa Vidal |
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