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The hijab shook Iran

by archyde September 18, 2022

The death of 22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini, who was detained by the vice police, stirred up Iran. A powerful wave of protests swept across the country against harsh religious laws and the dominance of the clergy. The explosion of discontent came at a time of political uncertainty in Iran, sparked by rumors about the health of 83-year-old supreme leader Ali Khamenei and discussions about the candidacy of his potential successor. The situation is aggravated by the fading prospects for the removal of Western sanctions from Iran due to the likely breakdown of negotiations on a nuclear deal.

On Sunday, Iranian newspapers representing conservative and reformist media came out with radically different editorials. The conservative press focused on the participation on Saturday of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei – amid rumors of his serious illness – in the mourning ceremony of Arbain (dedicated to the fortieth day after the tragic death of Imam Hussein in the 7th century, takes place every year in Iran and Iraq in accordance with Islamic lunar calendar). The reformists devoted central publications to the story of a 22-year-old girl Mahsa Amini from Iranian Kurdistan.

Mahsa Amini arrived in Tehran last week and was detained by the vice police as she was leaving the subway with her brother. The reason for the detention was the improperly worn hijab, the wearing of which is mandatory for all women in Iran after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Recently, Iranian girls began to allow themselves not to cover their hair completely, and Mahsa Amini was no exception. Iranian security forces released a statement alleging that Ms. Amini suddenly collapsed from a heart attack in a detention center while undergoing hijab training and was taken to the hospital where she fell into a coma. On Friday, official reports of her death appeared. According to the media close to the Iranian authorities, the girl suffered from epilepsy and other diseases. However, her family denies this information. They believe that the death was the result of a beating in the detention center.

The funeral of the girl resulted in protests in her hometown of Sekkez, as well as in the administrative center of Iranian Kurdistan, the city of Senendej. More than 30 people were injured in clashes with security forces, according to Iranian human rights organizations. Protesters tore down posters of Ali Khamenei and chanted “Death to the dictator!” and “Shame on you!”.

Oppositional Iranian media also reported on a protest rally held on Sunday at Tehran University. The students were holding posters in Farsi and Kurdish, including those with the words “I don’t want to die!” and “Your blood will not be trampled!”, as well as “Women, life and freedom.”

A wave of indignation literally blew up the Iranian-speaking segment of the Internet. More than 2.5 million posts on Twitter and several tens of thousands on Telegram are devoted to the history of Mahsa Amini.

Many people remember other women tortured in Iranian prisons and say that everyone could have been in the place of the deceased girl. “The government is using heretical violence and cruelty against women, unseen even under the dictatorships of the Middle Ages,” tweeted prominent Iranian journalist Sara Masoumi, who usually writes about Iranian diplomacy and foreign policy. Many say that the situation in the country is worse than under the Taliban in Afghanistan (the Taliban movement is officially banned in the Russian Federation.— “uh”).

Given the degree of outrage in Iranian society, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ordered an urgent official investigation into the causes of Mahsa Amini’s death. However, the intensity of passions has not subsided yet.

On Sunday, Iranian media reported that the situation in Sekkez is still tense, mobile communications are intermittent, although the Internet, which was disconnected the day before, is functioning again. A number of Iranian Kurdish parties and organizations have called for a general strike, as well as mourning for the death of Mahsa Amini. They were joined by Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah of Iran, who lives in exile. He called to honor not only the memory of the deceased girl, but “and all the dead children of Iran.”

The death of Mahsa Amini also caused a wide reaction abroad. In particular, it was commented on by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley, who accused Tehran of yet another violation of human rights.

The history of Mahsa Amini coincided with a period of political instability in Iran.

In recent weeks, the state of health of 83-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has practically ceased to appear in public and on September 6 missed a meeting of the Assembly of Experts, held twice a year with his obligatory presence, has been actively discussed. American newspaper on Friday The New York Times reported that the supreme leader canceled all meetings after undergoing surgery and continuing high fever. Seven years ago it was reported that Ali Khamenei was suffering from cancer. Against this background, there is a lot of discussion about who will succeed him as Iran’s supreme leader, which he has held since 1989. The two most frequently mentioned candidates are incumbent President Ebrahim Raisi and Khamenei’s son, 53-year-old Mojtaba. It is assumed that the future leader will be chosen by the Assembly of Experts, but there is no clear practice, given that the election procedure was carried out only once, in 1989. On Saturday, Ali Khamenei nevertheless appeared in public during the Arbaeen ceremony, but this did not remove questions about the future of Iran. Moreover, the fate of the country is very vague – the hope for the lifting of Western sanctions, associated with negotiations around the Iranian nuclear program, has practically melted away. The US believes that Tehran has put forward unacceptable conditions for the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which would limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.

“Given that Raisi took the presidency at a very unstable time for Iran (the nuclear deal has not been restored, sanctions are being tightened, the inflation rate is over 50%), it can be assumed that the presidency has become something like “political suicide” for him. And although the situation of the hereditary transfer of power of the supreme leader may cause discontent, but given the close ties of Mojtaba Khamenei with the security forces and the military sector, in particular with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), his candidacy may be a convenient option that guarantees the stability of the regime, in where the military and security services will retain their advantages,” Iranist Polina Vasilenko told Kommersant.

“There is no guarantee that the transition of power after Khamenei will lead to positive changes in Iran. After all, the IRGC has already paved the way for a safe transition so that the current political elite remains in place,” Hamidreza Azizi, a researcher at the German Institute for International Affairs and Security, told Kommersant. According to him, all this reduces the hopes of Iranian society for change, both political and economic. “Mahsa Amini’s death sparked an outcry unlike any seen in Iran since 2009, when another young Iranian, Neda Agha-Soltan, was gunned down by security forces during protests. But now literally everyone felt themselves in the place of Mahsa Amini. You do not need to go to protests to become a victim, ”explained the expert. He stressed that the authorities were simply forced to take control of the investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini in order to calm the situation, although people do not believe they will hear the truth. “But even if now the wave of protests subsides, each new incident will cause more and more frustration among the Iranians. Having lost hope for reforms, they will no longer be afraid,” Mr. Azizi added.

Marianna Belenkaya

September 18, 2022 0 comment

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Where ours did not insure – Business – Kommersant

by archyde August 19, 2022

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (SC) recognized the existence of a crisis situation in the field of liability insurance of arbitration managers (AI). The decision of the Supreme Court was made on a dispute about the possibility of removing the manager if he could not get additional insurance to manage the bankruptcy of a large debtor. The problem arose due to the large amount of insurance coverage of 167 million rubles, which no insurer could provide. The Sun stood up for the managers, urging them not to approach this issue formally and suggesting that they insure themselves from several companies at once. Bankruptcy specialists believe that this will not solve the problem, and consider it necessary to reform the legislation.

On August 18, the Supreme Court published its decision on one of the most urgent problems of Russian bankruptcy, concerning the liability insurance of the AC. The situation became especially aggravated after the revocation in 2020 of the license from the company RICS, which insured at least a quarter of all managers, according to their own estimates.

The fact is that the bankruptcy law obliges managers to insure their liability – this way it will be possible to cover the damage if suddenly the AC by its actions harms the bankrupt company or its creditors. However, the law does not oblige insurers to issue such types of insurance. And if the value of assets on the debtor’s balance sheet exceeds 100 million rubles, then the manager also needs additional insurance. The bankrupt LLC Intellect Drilling Services had a book value of assets of 15.7 billion rubles, so its manager, Kirill Ruin, had to insure an additional amount of more than 167 million rubles. He received such insurance just from the RICS company.

After the license was revoked from RIKS, the validity period of the insurance was reduced, but the AC did not conclude a new contract. VTB Bank (one of the debtor’s creditors) decided that Kirill Ruin’s behavior was illegal and demanded that he be removed from his duties. But the arbitration courts of three instances refused the bank.

The courts noted that AU applied to various insurance companies, but none of them agreed to sign a contract for such an insurance amount. Mr. Ruin appealed, among other things, to SK VTB Insurance LLC and VTB, but did not receive a response. He even applied to the Central Bank, which replied that work was underway to “improve the legislation governing the financial provision of the liability of arbitration managers.”

Therefore, the courts concluded, the insurance company “acted in good faith and took all measures in its power”, and the refusal to conclude the contract “was caused solely by the state of affairs in the liability insurance market”.

However, VTB was not satisfied with this decision, and he turned to the Supreme Court. The bank insisted that for the removal of the manager it was not necessary “to establish the presence of guilt in his actions or the possible infliction of losses to creditors”, rather “the fact of non-compliance with the initial requirements for the purposes of his approval.” The complaint also claimed that the insurers’ refusals were due to the “personality, will or actions” of the manager himself. The Supreme Court considered the issue worthy of attention of the Economic Board, which canceled all decisions.

The Sun agreed that insurance companies’ refusals “as a rule depend on the personality, will or actions of the manager himself, and therefore the negative consequences of these refusals cannot be passed on to creditors and reduce the level of protection of their rights.” At the same time, it may turn out that the absence of an additional insurance contract “is due to objective factors, in particular, the economic situation prevailing in the insurance market for a specific property interest.” In this case, the court noted, a “crisis situation” arose, because the internal rules of insurers do not allow issuing AU insurance for 167 million rubles.

The appointment of another manager “will not resolve the disputed situation”, since he, too, will not be able to insure liability, the Sun noted. Therefore, if the manager has taken all measures depending on him, he cannot be removed, the board recognized.

However, the lower courts did not find out whether Kirill Ruin had an “objective opportunity” to conclude several insurance contracts for smaller amounts with different companies. They also did not explore the possibility of increasing the amount of the main insurance and the fact that the book value of the debtor’s assets may be significantly higher than the market value and the need for additional insurance may disappear. In this regard, the Supreme Court sent the dispute for a new consideration.

Lawyers believe that the position of the Supreme Court will have a great impact on judicial practice, the behavior of creditors and the managers themselves. “The Supreme Court acknowledged that the problem of AC liability insurance is objective,” notes the head of the Olevinsky, Buyukyan and Partners legal bureau, Eduard Olevinsky. “I am glad that the Supreme Court decided not to stand aside from the existing global problems, directly pointing to the existence of a crisis situation with AC insurance,” says arbitration manager Sergei Domnin. In his opinion, the reform in this area “is long overdue.”

“The Supreme Court forms a certain standard of good faith for managers in situations where insurers refuse to conclude contracts,” says Gleb Gavrilin, senior lawyer at the Gurichev, Malinin and Partners law firm. Also, Mr. Domnin draws attention, the Supreme Court establishes the possibility in court to establish an overstatement of the book value of property over the market value, and if it is below 100 million rubles, this will cancel the need to issue additional insurance. “This in itself is an important tool to reduce the excessive financial burden of the AC,” states Sergey Domnin.

Valeria Gerasimenko, General Director of the Union of Autonomous Institution SRO “Northern Capital” is perplexed why the courts do not ask how legal and fair the internal rules of insurers are in a situation where the law obliges the Autonomous Institution to issue additional insurance. Lawyers believe that we should wait for new positions of the Supreme Court on this issue, but it is better to amend the legislation. “Now there are only four or five insurance companies on the market that deal with AC insurance, according to the internal rules of each of which the maximum amount of insurance is limited to 25–30 million rubles,” Ms. Gerasimenko points out. And it may also not be possible to “spread out” the total insurance coverage of one and a half hundred million on these insurers. “Under the conditions when the conclusion of an appropriate contract is a right, and not an obligation of insurance companies, insurers are unlikely to be interested in taking on such risks,” Mr. Gavrilin believes.

Ekaterina Volkova, Anna Zanina

August 19, 2022 0 comment

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All drones are visiting us – Newspaper Kommersant No. 148 (7349) of 08/16/2022

by archyde August 16, 2022

On August 15, in the Patriot park near Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the military-technical forum Army-2022 and the international army games. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief intended to study promising military developments on the spot, and the special correspondent of Kommersant Andrey Kolesnikov – many others, including the products of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Chelyabinsk region, that is, the bust of Vladimir Putin directly, turned out to be not the biggest attraction.

The Army-2022 forum is located on a vast territory, completely eclipsing, for example, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in terms of the number of stands. The same goes for the level of organization.

And this work should be recognized as titanic. Suffice it to say that the entrances to the park where the event took place are 6–8 km apart. And on this day they were not empty, as was the gigantic parking lot, as far as the eyes could see.

With one of its edges, it was closest to the first pavilion in a row, and the main struggle was going on for it. Here, like a vacuum cleaner, a huge number of cars were drawn in, which had nowhere to go, primarily from each other, but they understood this, of course, only when they were nose to nose on tiny patches of melting asphalt: the military, editors-in-chief, ambassadors, the military, again the military .. Each car had its own parking lot, everything was scheduled in advance, but everyone here was smarter than the others and there were no fools to fall into the trap of their own passes, parking where there are plenty of places. They fought not on service weapons and not even on nerves, but on drivers. It was not a pity to throw them into this human and auto meat grinder.

Vladimir Putin was supposed to appear on the central square at 15:00, and everyone understood that this would not happen, simply because. And so it happened: he appeared earlier.

Before that, representatives of 32 countries participating in the forum solemnly left. Under the national flags were representatives of the CIS countries, Palestine (well, not Israel), Syria (“They are distinguished by their special coherence!” – the announcer commented on the entire training ground), Myanmar (“Let our wishes inspire them, ready to challenge fate!”), Kingdoms Eswatini (“We wish you good luck in sports!” the announcer rumbled, and it was clear: after all, they had nothing else to count on), Mali, Bolivia, Nicaragua …

Well, there were no random people and countries here, admittedly. Only their own.

“Today, in the course of a special military operation,” the Supreme Commander noted, “our soldiers, together with the fighters of Donbass, are honorably fulfilling their duty, fighting for Russia, for peaceful life in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, clearly fulfilling all the tasks set, step by step, liberating land of Donbass.

He emphasized this “step by step” in his voice, making it clear that no one is in a hurry, but goes on and on — so that it is clear to those who understand, and those who do not understand will understand.

“This year, within the framework of the forum, about 1,500 domestic defense industry organizations will present more than 28,000 modern samples of military and dual-use products,” Mr. Putin continued. “The possibilities of using Russian weapons and equipment will be shown here, in the Moscow region, at Kubinka and Alabino, as well as at the training grounds of all military districts and the Northern Fleet!

I thought that it would be possible to spend demonstrative ammunition more economically, although not immediately for its intended purpose …

Having finished his speech, the Supreme Commander was in no hurry to leave. The music played, the words sounded:

We are the defenders of our Motherland,

Patriots of a great country!

And it doesn’t matter, a soldier or a marshal,

Everyone is true to their oath before the battle!

Vladimir Putin stood with his hand on the podium, and it looked like he was going to listen to the song to the end. He liked the song. It contained words about patriots, an oath, and most importantly, about a great country.

In the end, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu approached him and took him off the stage. Vladimir Putin left reluctantly.

But he was still waiting for the study of promising developments. And they prepared for it. And rolled out what was and was not. But Mr. Putin for some reason did not begin to consider all this. Everyone was surprised.

And they could have listened to the song.

And I decided to examine the contents of the four huge pavilions. And I wanted not to miss the Iranian stand, but somehow I didn’t come across it. And then I asked Rossiana Markovskaya, the press secretary of the Minister of Defense, who was passing by, if she had seen something like that here.

“No,” she shrugged nonchalantly, “but here’s what I’ll advise you. Follow these people and come wherever you want.

“But why after them, and not after you?” I barely had time to ask, already involuntarily reaching for a group of people in uniform and not having time to get an answer from the Russians.

However, it soon became clear why it was better in this case to follow them: in this human whirlpool, in comparison with which the SPIEF central corridor on the day of the plenary session seemed like a deserted passage yard, only these people could lead me to my destination, right in the heart of stand. It was the Iranian military.

Although, by the amount of everything so bright green in their clothes, they could be confused with some kind of militant environmentalists.

Of course, here everyone was interested in drones. But, apparently, these were not those drones. Those that the Iranians are supposed to supply to Russia are called Shahed-191 and Shahed-129, but there were none. There was one here, obviously unnatural in size, but still a strike type, called Karar-3, and another one, reconnaissance.

There was no one near the drones, so I approached a young man who was standing near two large bombs. But even more important was the fact that the young Iranian, as it turned out, knew Russian.

Are these bombs for drones? I asked him directly.

– Of course! He answered with genuine joy.

He rejoiced, probably, at how correctly I understand everything.

– Do I understand correctly that the drones that Tehran wants to supply to Moscow are not here? I scouted.

The young man preferred to translate this question to some middle-aged man who approached us. He thought for a long time and seemed to be looking for someone even more middle-aged to double-check his answer, but then he ventured to scout himself in turn:

– Where are you from?

I explained, and then he decided to go further:

— Do you think Iran wants to supply drones to Moscow?

I told him that he was doing well, and I also went further: there was still something to see.

I understood that a huge amount of full-fledged military equipment was hung and placed here. New self-propelled artillery mount; an apparatus capable of throwing known petal-mines over great distances; new sights, anti-aircraft missile systems… Everything was there.

But for some reason, I almost immediately stumbled upon the miracle of import substitution (as it was announced) – steel toilet bowls manufactured by the NTC Kurs.

“Listen,” Alexander Lavrov, the chief designer of Kurs, drew my attention, “just listen! Amazing toilet system! Can be installed on a train, plane, ship! Requires small pipe diameter! After all, we are used to a 100 mm pipe, but here it is only 50!

— Is that enough? I asked doubtfully.

— Permeability, believe me, does not suffer! he exclaimed. “Otherwise, our systems would no longer be on tens of thousands of trains!”

I anxiously thought that maybe it was she who was suffering (if installed on tens of thousands). I’m not talking about passengers.

– Do not doubt! – Alexander Lavrov assured me. – Our facilities are located on many federal highways! On the Red Square!

I didn’t notice, I casually thought.

– And who can you press now? Replace?

– Everyone! he exclaimed. “Jets, Norway… Zodiac, USA…”

– Are they on Boeing? I understood.

And on Airbus! he confirmed triumphantly.

Well, this is another matter.

“The market,” he said, “is opening crazy, just crazy!” So much so that it is even scary to think!

I wanted to advise him not to think.

— We are going to equip a polar bus with our system! – rushed after me when I was already departing. – The term of habitation in the bus is three days! And our system will work no less! After all, habitability implies a positive temperature!

And that no one will get out of the polar bus according to his own needs.

Suddenly, I saw the stand of Voentorg, which sold all kinds of Chistaya Liniya ice cream, and this was already an obvious alternative to Korovka from Korenovka at MAKS. Nobody here wanted to be like anyone else. But also different.

At the stand of the PRC, the products began, as it seemed to me (maybe just out of fear), with a missile frigate with a displacement of 4 thousand tons (thank God, on the TV screen).

And the drones, suspended on threads from the ceiling, flew at me, such an impression, from all sides like a swarm of bees.

Here, at the stand of the People’s Republic of China, a strange optimism reigned for some reason. The Chinese all the time laughed out loud, even laughed – it was so good for them.

At the next stand, cadets of the Orenburg Cadet School demonstrated their products – handmade chess. I was most impressed by crafts made from cartridges – very intelligibly.

The cadets told me the story of one board, painted with different color pictures, with particular pleasure. The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology gave them this board. And then the master of simultaneous play came to them and asked the boy why he was alone at the board (two played against the master). The boy was not taken aback and said:

Because no one wants to play for the USA!

The fact is that on his side of the board the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology drew the Capitol and the White House, and it is very similar. So the boy glorified his board and himself too. Yes, he had nothing to reproach himself for.

But now I finally got to the main exhibits. The stand of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Moscow Region offered its products to the military. Prisoners sew uniforms. From and to.

“From cutting to delivery of products,” they explained to me at the stand. “But you need to get a vocational education. The seamstress course is two and a half months, and the full course lasts ten months. They have nowhere to hurry. But most importantly, a person comes out fully prepared.

– Is it coming out? I doubted.

“Not in that sense, of course,” two men in non-military uniforms reassured me. “In that sense, it remains.

The men recommended that I move on to the next booth. It was the stand of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Chelyabinsk region.

And then the eyes widened. Here the prisoners made busts of the leaders. Lenin, Stalin, Beria… Putin…

Prisoners cast a bust of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. And I saw the result with my own eyes. The leadership of the colony traded these busts. Yes, life is always grander than anything you can think of about it.

“Well, what,” Alexander Mukhortov, who presented the products, shrugged his shoulders, “first a 3D model is made on a computer, then it is cut out of wood, an impression is made, into which metal is poured … Nothing like that! ..

– But Stalin, all black, costs 12 thousand rubles, and Putin, gilded, also 12 thousand. Why is it the same? I asked.

“Yes,” admitted Alexander Mukhortov, “strange. Both are made of cast iron-aluminum alloy, but Putin is also gold-plated. We’ll figure out.

– But Chapaev! — I found. — 25 thousand!

– Well, you compared! Alexander Mukhortov shook his head.

– So what? I asked.

– It’s bronze! he told me.

I glanced around at the stand. They looked sad to me. Not exactly gloomy, but sad. Even Chapai had a sadness in his eyes. I thought that not very funny people made them, maybe that’s why they came out like that. Share your doubts.

– But there is Suvorov! – suggested Alexander Mukhortov to me. – It seems more cheerful than others … True, maybe not very similar …

“Yes, it looks more like Chekhov …” I admitted. “Moreover, it looks like a young one …

“I don’t know…” Alexander Mukhortov sighed.

And I didn’t want to be right. I just wanted to go to Moscow.

To Moscow! To Moscow!

Andrey Kolesnikov, Patriot Park

August 16, 2022 0 comment

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Supreme x Air Zoom Flight 95 SP University Blue, a trip to the 90s with Nike as the protagonist – FayerWayer

by archyde July 16, 2022

Nike launched, in conjunction with the New York clothing brand Supreme, the Air Zoom Flight 95 SP University Blue, a retro model that represents a new trip from the swoosh to the 90s.

These shoes are part of the Supreme x Nike Air Zoom Flight 95 SP collection, which consists of three models: in addition to the University Blue there are the Black and the Hemp.

It is not the first time that both companies have come together to launch models of sports shoes, continuing a tradition of several years.

In this case, we put the magnifying glass on the University Blue, with a categorically basquetero style, following the university blue color.

So are the Supreme x Nike Air Zoom Flight 95 SP University Blue

The Supreme x Air Zoom Flight 95 SP University Blue are built with a decorated suede base, using paisley patterns across the length and width of the shoes.

Supreme x Nike Air Zoom Flight 95 SP University Blue

On the heels, the so-called “insect eye” stands out. characteristic of the Air Zoom Flight, which makes them huge and comfortable for those who wear them.

While the Supreme name is on the heels, the traditional Nike swoosh is located on the upper part of the rear lateral and on the lateral toe box.

Supreme x Nike Air Zoom Flight 95 SP University Blue

Their insoles are red, with the Supreme and Nike Air logo printed in white. On the back of the shoes, specifically on the handle, is the name Flight.

The other models launched by Nike and Supreme

The Black and Hemp iterations are exactly the same in design as the University Blue, with the difference in colors, black with white in the first model, hemp (a kind of opaque pink color) with white in the second.

Supreme x Nike Air Zoom Flight 95 SP, all models

All models cost $160, and are available from May on the official Nike website, at Supreme online and at select retailers.

July 16, 2022 0 comment

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Nicolás López Case: The Prosecutor’s Office requests that the Court of Appeals see an appeal for annulment and not the Supreme Court | TV and Show

by archyde June 6, 2022

The Eastern Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office entered a series of observations on the annulment appeal filed by the defense of Nicolás López, where his lawyers accuse infractions of the filmmaker’s fundamental guarantees. Likewise, the Public Ministry requested that the legal action not be heard by the Supreme Court but by the Appeals Court of Viña del Mar.

The Public ministry entered a series of observations on the appeal for annulment that was filed by the defense of Nicolás López, requesting that the legal action not be heard by the Supreme Court.

Experts analyzed the document and qualified it as a “tax strategy” to speed up the processing of the appeal.

Through an eight-page document, the Eastern Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office made a series of observations on the appeal for annulment filed by the defense of Nicolás López.

In the brief, which was also supported by the plaintiff who represents the victims of the case, it is requested that the appeal is heard not by the Supreme Court, but by the Court of Appeals of Valparaíso.

The observations point to redirection of the main cause, where an alleged infringement of due process guarantees is denounced, specifically the principle of innocence.

As they argue in the brief, what is objected to in the appeal “they are the conclusions of fact reached by the judges and the assessment of the means that support them, a matter that is subject to specific control due to the cause of article 374 letter e of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Likewise, it is specified that in case of rejecting the evidence offered, it is appropriate to reject the entire offer because “the appellant party it does not indicate what cause and what constitutive circumstances of any of the causes involved is the one that it intends to prove, breaching the conditions established in article 359 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Finally, they explain that the appeal for annulment is not the instance aimed at forming a conviction regarding the “factual determinations adopted in the sentence”.

For Pelayo Vial, a criminal lawyer and former head of studies at the Public Criminal Defense Office, the fiscal strategy is to establish that there were violations of the fundamental guarantees of the filmmaker.

A similar position was shared by Francisca Castro, also a criminal lawyer, from the firm Castro Asociados, indicating that what is being attempted with the observations is to seek “try to destroy the basis that the defense of Nicolás López uses in the appeal for annulment.”

Along the same lines, lawyer Alberto Marín, director of the Law School of the University of the Americas in Viña del Mar, affirmed that the document also seeks to expedite the processing of the appeal for annulment.

It should be remembered that Nicolás López was convicted of two crimes of sexual abuse, being sentenced to Five years and one day in jail.

Faced with this, the Oral Criminal Trial Court of Viña del Mar ordered his preventive detention, pending the processing of his appeal for annulment, which was revoked by the Supreme Court, ordering his “immediate release.”

June 6, 2022 0 comment

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African-American Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at the gates of the Supreme Court

by archyde April 7, 2022

The US Senate was preparing on Thursday to proceed with the historic confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, where she will be the first black woman to serve on the nation’s highest judicial institution.

This brilliant 51-year-old lawyer was chosen at the end of February by Democratic President Joe Biden, who had promised during his campaign to appoint, for the first time in history, a black woman to the temple of American law.

The magistrate is almost certain to obtain the final green light from the Senate during a vote scheduled for the afternoon. All elected members of the Democratic Party support it, as well as at least three moderate Republican senators.

– “Extraordinary qualifications” –