Human rights activist

  • Kremlin jails another human rights activist

    Russian human rights campaigner jailed Prominent human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov has been sentenced by a Russian court to 30 months in prison. Mr Orlov, 70, was found guilty of “discrediting” Russia’s armed forces in a trial deemed a “sham” by Human Rights Watch, after he wrote an article criticising the invasion of Ukraine. A…

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