Russia: Two years after Navalny’s death, authorities evade justice, continue to hound his supporters

By Amnesty International

Commemorating the second anniversary of the death in custody of Russian opposition politician and prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “Two years have passed since Aleksei Navalny, a prisoner of conscience and one of the most fearless voices against corruption and state repression in Russia, died in a remote […] The post Russia: Two years after Navalny’s death, authorities evade justice, continue to hound his supporters appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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