 'The Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was arrested on Tuesday after breaking house arrest to join an opposition rally in Moscow, hours after a court gave him a suspended sentence for fraud. His brother, Oleg, was jailed for three and a half years for the same offence.' Source: Anna Nemtsova in Moscow, Luke Harding and agencies, 'Alexei Navalny detained after breaking house arrest to join rally in Moscow', The Guardian, Tuesday 30 December 2014. Each week Rights in Russia highlights the activities of a human rights defender, civil rights activist, victim of alleged human rights abuses, or alleged perpetrator of such abuses. |
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