The Price of Defiance in Russia
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Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Memorial, Moscow, Russia, November 14, 2023.
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Amid the Kremlin’s vicious drive to eliminate dissent, last week brought two disturbing new developments in the prosecution of Oleg Orlov, cochair of leading Russian human rights organization Memorial. The case against him, on criminal charges of “repeated discreditation” of Russia’s armed forces, had been sent for retrial last autumn.
The prosecution informed Orlov and his legal team that it would soon move to trial. The team was given all of three days to examine the seven-volume case file. Orlov appealed the prohibitively limited time frame, arguing that it hindered his capacity to prepare defense, …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch
