Russia Slaps Curfew on Charity Director over Army Criticism
- On Thursday, The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow imposed a 'ban on certain actions' on Lida Moniava, founder of the Lighthouse children's hospice, who faces charges of spreading 'false information' about the Russian army.
- Russia's Investigative Committee detained Moniava on Wednesday, alleging she disseminated 'knowingly false information presented as credible reports about actions by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against Ukraine's civilian population' on Telegram.
- The court barred Moniava from leaving her home between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. until October 30; lawyer Mikhail Biryukov confirmed restrictions also prohibit using social media or communicating with witnesses.
- Dozens of supporters cheered as Moniava was released without full pre-trial detention, though she refused to admit guilt, stating investigators spent hours trying to convince her to plead guilty.
- Amnesty International described the arrest as 'another brazen attempt by Russia's authorities to crackdown on any expression of anti-war sentiment,' noting more than 1,380 people have faced criminal prosecution for anti-war views according to OVD-Info.
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The Simon District Court of Moscow imposed a ban on certain actions until 30 October on the head of the charity...
A Russian court imposed on Thursday a curfew and a communication blockade on the director of a children's palliative care centre, accused of spreading "false information" about the army, in the midst of Moscow's repression against critics of its offensive in Ukraine. Lida Moniava, 38, founder of a charity based in Moscow that offers palliative care to children and young adults, was arrested on Wednesday for a 2023 publication in a social network…
Lida Moniawa has been devoting herself since her youth to the weakest of Russian society. After Russia's attack on Ukraine, she remained consciously in Moscow, criticized the war. Now the state wants to silence her. In the Putin regime, no one is safe.
In a statement, the Moscow Court Press Service stated that it would be under judicial supervision until at least 30 October. It will not have the right to leave its home between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., to use the Internet and to speak to witnesses in the case, told AFP its lawyer, Mikhail Biriukov. Ms. Moniava, 38 years old, was arrested on Wednesday in Moscow and then interrogated and charged with "disseminating false information" about the Russian …
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Russia slaps curfew on charity director over army criticism
Lida Moniava, the 38-year-old founder of a Moscow-based charity that provides end-of-life care to children and young adults, was arrested on Wednesday over a 2023 social media post alluding to heavy civilian casualties in the war, according to her lawyer. A Moscow court ordered her placed under judicial supervision, barring her from leaving home from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am, using the internet or speaking with witnesses in the case, said her lawyer, …
EADaily, 3 September 2026. In Moscow, the Court appointed Lidé Moniave, the founder of the hospice "Dom with a Lighthouse", to prohibit certain actions on charges of spreading fairies about the use of Russian armed forces for political hatred (art. 207.3, para. 2, of the Criminal Code).
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