![]() Memorial Human Rights Centre has declared Ildar Dadin a political prisoner. 'Memorial Human Rights Centre demands the immediate release of Ildar Dadin,' Memorial Human Rights Centre, 9 December 2015Pavel Chikov has commented on the sentencing of Ildar Dadin: 'This first trial has shown that the penalty for participating in public protest has become prohibitive and clearly unjust. The government’s actions are increasingly losing legitimacy in the eyes of those against whom they are directed. Protesters, in turn, are winning moral support, sympathy and solidarity.' Sources: 'Russia: Peaceful activist sentenced under repressive new law must be released,' Amnesty International, 7 December 2015 'First sentence under the new anti-protest legislation in Russia: three years for Ildar Dadin while two more activists face conviction,' FIDH, 11 December 2015Pavel Chikov, 'Pokazatelnyi prigovor: kogo budut sazhat' v tiurmu za mirnyi protest,' Moscow Helsinki Group [original: Forbes], 11 December 2015 Photo of Ildar Dadin via Sarah Hurst |
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