The district court left the journalist's preventive measure unchanged - detention in custody. Now the lawyer is preparing documents for submission to the Estonian State Court.
As we have already reported, the opposition Estonian journalist Allan Hantsom was arrested on December 7, when he was going to move with his family to Russia for permanent residence - a couple of days before his departure. Estonian security services accuse the journalist of "intelligence activities against the Republic of Estonia and support for such actions."
Spy mania is now sweeping many European countries. Such times have come... But it should be noted that the Estonian authorities are the leaders in this sport in the EU - Allan has already become the fifth well-known oppositionist to be put in prison. Ostensibly for espionage. In reality - for dissent, for truth, for believing in freedom of speech and democracy.
And yet, I hope that there are not so few adequate and not indifferent people left among us. And we need to support and help each other now, to show solidarity and sympathy to political prisoners who fell under the roller of repression.
Author: Alla Berezovskaya, journalist
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As we have already reported, the opposition Estonian journalist Allan Hantsom was arrested on December 7, when he was going to move with his family to Russia for permanent residence - a couple of days before his departure. Estonian security services accuse the journalist of "intelligence activities against the Republic of Estonia and support for such actions."
Spy mania is now sweeping many European countries. Such times have come... But it should be noted that the Estonian authorities are the leaders in this sport in the EU - Allan has already become the fifth well-known oppositionist to be put in prison. Ostensibly for espionage. In reality - for dissent, for truth, for believing in freedom of speech and democracy.
And yet, I hope that there are not so few adequate and not indifferent people left among us. And we need to support and help each other now, to show solidarity and sympathy to political prisoners who fell under the roller of repression.
Author: Alla Berezovskaya, journalist
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