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Alexander Gabyshev and compulsory treatment after protest
Shaman Alexander Gabyshev, who marched toward Moscow to "exorcise" Putin, forcibly sent to a dispensary Jan 2021; Yakutsk court ordered compulsory treatment Jul 2021; Yakutia Supreme Court approved transfer 23 Sep 2021; held in Novosibirsk from 25 Sep 2021; still…
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What the record says
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 2
- Country / period
- Russia (Yakutia), 2019–2021 onward
- Mechanism
- Court-ordered compulsory treatment after forensic finding of "insanity" (невменяемость)
- What is documented
- Shaman Alexander Gabyshev, who marched toward Moscow to "exorcise" Putin, forcibly sent to a dispensary Jan 2021; Yakutsk court ordered compulsory treatment Jul 2021; Yakutia Supreme Court approved transfer 23 Sep 2021; held in Novosibirsk from 25 Sep 2021; still confined as of 2023
- Finding or status
- NGO finding: Amnesty Urgent Action, 7 Oct 2021 (Russian); Novaya Gazeta Europe, 16 Aug 2023 (Russian)
- Contrary evidence / limits
- Treatment is court-ordered under criminal procedure, so formally lawful; the Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia disputes the diagnosis
- Label
- VERIFIED (secondary, local-language)
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Reference and provenance
2021-RU-GABYSHEV