Today Novaya Gazeta, a Russian newspaper, urged everyone who cares about the fate of Natalya Gulevich and the rule of law in Russia to leave their signature on its site, thus requiring Russian courts to release Gulevich from police custody on parole or subject to payment of a reasonable bail.
Natalya Gulevish was charged with fraud for an alleged failure to repay a loan to Nomos-Bank. She was arrested and has been held in police custody for almost a year, despite Russian law prohibiting the arrest of suspects charged with economic crimes. Due to the poor conditions of her detention, Gulevich has suffered several serious chronic illnesses, including neurogenic bladder. Notwithstanding her poor health conditions and order of the ECHR to release her immediately, the Russian domestic courts have continued to extend her detention in custody.
As a result, since March 2011, Gulevich has had to use a catheter. However, taking into account the unsanitary conditions of her detention, prolonged use of the catheter may result in an infection of the kidneys or their complete failure leading to death. Natalya Gulevich needs urgent medical treatment to restore her bladder function, which is impossible to do in police custody which lacks the necessary medication and expertise.
You can sign up for release of Natalya Gulevich from police custody by following this link http://www.novayagazeta.ru/inquiries/2.html and filling in a form below an article.
For more information about Gulevich case see my previous posts of 2 November 2011 and 8 November 2011.
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