Press-release
To
journalists and the media Vilnius city, Lithuania,
EU, 04.01.2016
On the 4th of January 2016 the citizen of
Lithuanian Republic Mr. Zigmantas Segzda has applied to the Embassy of Sweden in
Vilnius, Lithuania, to seek political asylum.
Mr. Z. Segzda is afraid to be deprived of his liberty again or suffer
excessive liberty restricting measures applied by the public authorities of
Lithuanian Republic.
The main arguments are that I hold other
opinion, criticize the state, publish articles, express my views through
communication on the internet and the YouTube. For
more information on a specific Human rights issue in Lithuania see the research report -
Pre-trial detention: police, prosecutors' and
investigating judges' perspective:
https://www.hrmi.lt/en/publication/46/ or see attachment.
On 04.05.2014 my ex-partner
Ms. Sigita Jurgeleviciene, the mother of my daughter, made an unjustified
complaint against me. That time she worked in a position of the head of the Public
Procurement Office to the Government of Lithuania. The prosecutor Ms.Vida
Braceviciene started a pre-trial criminal investigation. Ms. Sigita
Jurgeleviciene hired the lawyer Mr.Valdemaras Buzinskas, the former officer of KGB,
Soviet Union. Last year she hired the most
expensive law firm Motieka & Audzevicius that also represents interests of Russian Federation.
Up till now the prosecutor
has no evidence in order to charge me with criminal offence and bring me
promptly before a judge to exercise judicial power. Thus, legal authorities ordered numerous coercive restrictions, presumably,
to exert pressure on me in order to speed up my “cooperation” and confession. I
have nothing to confess, so, I consider, they decided to break me psychologically and punish me without giving me a
sentence. By using the most severe measures employed to achieve goals not
provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure. By using of liberty restricting
measures, that is the most serious deliberate abuse. To arouse in me feelings
of fear, anguish and inferiority capable of humiliating and debasing me. To
contribute to my stigmatization and social exclusion.
In my opinion, by
doing this the public authority prevents me and my family members from the
enjoyment of the following rights and freedoms set in the European Convention on Human Rights:
- Protocol 1, Article 1. Protection of
Property. I have no right to
enjoy my property peacefully. On 15.01.2015 by the prosecutor’s order I must live
in exile 100 km away from my private house.
- Article 5. Right of Liberty. I consider, that my 50 days’ pre-trial detention in prison was ordered
unjustifiably by 3 investigating judges. Since 04-05-2014 I am deprived of
liberty of free movement by ordered restrictive measure. As just another form
of deliberate abuse of detention, the subsequent illegal 3 months-term
involuntary hospitalization was requested.
- Article 6. Right to a Fair and Public
Hearing. The pre-trial
investigation lasts 17 months or more and a trial is not held within a
reasonable time. I do not feel presumed innocent until I am proven guilty.
- Article 8. Right of Privacy. I believe, that by ordering me to stop living
in my home and stop working in the office of my company, by ordering to stay at
a certain place of residence, by making restrictions to visit my 3-years old
daughter, public authorities do not respect my private life, my family and my
home. Living far away from my home I have limited right to choose my lifestyle,
no right to develop friendships and business relationships. I have no right to
enjoy my existing home peacefully.
- Article 10. Freedom of Expression. Being free to criticize the state without fear
of prosecution – this is an important feature of a democratic society. This
includes the rights to hold your own opinions and to express them freely
without government interference. Today I am suspected of a criminal offence for
actions that are not a crime. They claim that by criticizing public authorities
and publishing articles on the internet I might had insulted the police officers
and judges. To silence me, in April
2015, nine judges of the District Court of Vilnius Region lodged a complaint to a prosecutor
against me. The prosecutor started criminal investigation under the Penal
Code, Article: Disrespect to a Law
Court. Yet, formally I am not notified of any
suspicion against me of having committed the offence.
On 03.12.2014 the prosecutor Ms. V.Braceviciene requested
3 months-term pre-trial detention. The judges granted 50 days-term
detention. The same day I was sent to prison. On 22.01.2015 the prosecutor
released me out of prison. Then she ordered a new restrictive measure – deprived of my freedom of movement out of
my country. On 11.08.2015 ago the same prosecutor ordered one more
restrictive measure – confiscation of my
documents: ID card, passport and driver’s license. I challenged unfounded decisions
of public authorities by submitting more than 160 complaints including appeals
to the higher court, the Council of Judges, the General Prosecutor, Prime
Minister and the President of Lithuanian Republic. On 22.06.2015 and 22.07.2015
the prosecutor Ms. V.Braceviciene requested the District Court of Vilnius
Region to order Zigmantas’ Segzda’s
psychiatric examination with his subsequent 3 months-term involuntary hospitalization.
On 29.07.2015 the
judge Ms.Vaida Sinkeviciene rejected the
prosecutor’s reguests as unfounded.
On 05.08.2015 TWO
complaints to Vilnius County Court
were made: one - by my ex partner’s Law firm Motieka & Audzevicius, and
another - by the prosecutor Ms. V.Braceviciene. Both, my ex partner Ms. Sigita
Jurgeleviciene and the prosecutor, requested to use the exceptional liberty
restricting measure. On 01.10.2015 the judge of Vilnius County Court (Lithuanian Republic)
Mr. Gintaras Dzedulionis decided not to order Mr. Zigmantas’ Segzda’s
psychiatric examination with his subsequent 3 months-term involuntary
hospitalization to the National Service of Forensic Psychiatry in Lithuania.
It should be noted, that Mr. Zigmantas Segzda is of sound mind and he has never
been mentally ill.
I am receiving threatening
phone calls from the District Police department of Vilnius Region (Chief – Mr.
Arvydas Sinis) on a regular basis, which means that they are ready to start more
pre-trial investigations to charge me with criminal offences. I understand that the violation of human rights by public authorities of Lithuania turned
to a never ending process.
Today I face a great
challenge. I think I face the public
authority that is malfunctioning. One and a half year ago I could not afford to hire a lawyer
to protect my rights. I started to study the discipline of law and now I am a better
fighter. In my country I could not find any courageous journalists who would take
the risk writing articles and discussing the human rights’ issues. I became both
- a journalist and the media. I will not stop writing articles - doing what I
must do. I experienced, that publicity
is the best weapon in society which is corrupt.
I understand that the
lonely fighter, like me, may not make a difference. But my struggle is also the struggle for the fundamental human rights and
freedoms that individuals not only in my country, but also in your country
would have access to.
I am addressing to journalists and the media of
Sweden and ask you to write and publish some articles, stories or announcements - tell your people
what is happening in the heart of EU – Lithuania. I am ready to cooperate
with the media of Sweden,
as well as the media of any other EU country, and give you all necessary
information. I have evidentiary material - many legal documents that witness
violation of human rights in Lithuania.
Some of them are published on my Facebook and Youtube. I am ready to comment on
and disclose my personal issues.
Together we are
strong!
Sincerely
Mr. Zigmantas Segzda
E-mail: amagic69@gmail.com
Phone +370 698 73822,
Address: Vilnius City,
Lithuania
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