2024-02-27 13:57:40
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Following the news that Oleg Orlov, a prominent human rights defender, has been sentenced to two years and eleven months in prison following the hearing of an appeal against his previous conviction and fine, Natalia Zviagina, director of Amnesty International Russia, said: stated:
“Oleg Orlov, co-president of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Memorial organization, has been found guilty under the recently instituted “crime” of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces and sentenced to two years and eleven months in prison. a penal colony.
“The sentence imposed today on Orlov is the result of a mock trial organized by the Russian authorities to punish a prominent critic of the state and instill fear among those who dare to raise their voices against the war in Ukraine. Orlov’s prosecution is part of the authorities’ relentless campaign of repression against those who peacefully express dissenting opinions.
“Oleg Orlov is a prisoner of conscience. He must be released immediately and unconditionally and all criminal sentences imposed on him must be quashed. “War censorship” laws are contrary to Russia’s obligations under international human rights law. The authorities must eliminate them, and all people detained for peacefully protesting against Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine must be released.”
On June 8, 2023, the Golovinsky District Court in Moscow began examining the criminal case against Orlov, accused of “discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.” Orlov was co-president of the Memorial Human Rights Center, which was liquidated in February 2022.
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