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MOSCOW — Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced on Tuesday by a Moscow court to two and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of discrediting Russian’s armed forces in a trial that has been condemned by international observers as politically motivated.
Orlov, 70, has served for more than two decades as one of the leaders of rights group Memorial. It won a share of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, a year after being banned and dissolved in Russia.
Memorial said Orlov was handcuffed after the verdict, and the court ordered him to be taken immediately into custody.
In his closing remarks to the trial on Monday, Orlov decried the “strangulation of freedom” in Russia, which he referred to as a “dystopia.”
The case against him stemmed from an article he wrote in 2022 in which he said Russia under President Vladimir Putin had descended into fascism.
He was initially fined $1,628 by a district court last year, but a retrial was ordered and prosecutors sought a jail sentence of two years and 11 months.
The U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Russia, Mariana Katzarova, called Orlov’s trial “an orchestrated attempt to silence the voices of human rights defenders in Russia.”
Memorial, founded in 1989, has documented human rights abuses from the time of Soviet leader Josef Stalin to the present and defended freedom of speech, with a focus on identifying and honoring individual victims.
MOSCOW — Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced on Tuesday by a Moscow court to two and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of discrediting Russian’s armed forces in a trial that has been condemned by international observers as politically motivated.
Orlov, 70, has served for more than two decades as one of the leaders of rights group Memorial. It won a share of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, a year after being banned and dissolved in Russia.
Memorial said Orlov was handcuffed after the verdict, and the court ordered him to be taken immediately into custody.
In his closing remarks to the trial on Monday, Orlov decried the “strangulation of freedom” in Russia, which he referred to as a “dystopia.”
The case against him stemmed from an article he wrote in 2022 in which he said Russia under President Vladimir Putin had descended into fascism.
He was initially fined $1,628 by a district court last year, but a retrial was ordered and prosecutors sought a jail sentence of two years and 11 months.
The U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Russia, Mariana Katzarova, called Orlov’s trial “an orchestrated attempt to silence the voices of human rights defenders in Russia.”
Memorial, founded in 1989, has documented human rights abuses from the time of Soviet leader Josef Stalin to the present and defended freedom of speech, with a focus on identifying and honoring individual victims.
Former Mossad Director Danny Yatom confirms Hamas had sensitive information and “knew a lot about their targets” on October 7th.
Clip: Some Future Day Ep. 20 feat former Director of Mossad, Danny Yatom#SomeFutureDay #Mossad #DannyYatom #Israel #Netanyahu #Hamas #Palestine… pic.twitter.com/ogBZj28JMC
— Marc Beckman (@MarcBeckman) February 23, 2024
My conversation with former Mossad Director, Danny Yatom.https://t.co/axZ2WnOgcl#SomeFutureDay #Mossad #IDF #Israel pic.twitter.com/ZePxNIxT3X
— Marc Beckman (@MarcBeckman) February 22, 2024
Prime Minister Netanyahu could have prevented #Hamas’s October 7 terror attack by cutting the terror group’s funding supply, #Mossad’s former Head of Economic Warfare #UdiLevy told the BBC on Monday.
Levy told the BBC that Netanyahu failed to act on intelligence, which would… pic.twitter.com/AIxkxpHGHX
— Resonant News🌍 (@Resonant_News) February 21, 2024
Some Future Day Ep. 20 feat former Director of Mossad, Danny Yatom
Available on all platforms: YouTube, Spotify, & Apple#SomeFutureDay #Mossad #DannyYatom #Israel #Netanyahu #Hamas #Palestine #Gaza #Iran #Biden #Clinton #Syria #Yemen #IDF #Tunnels pic.twitter.com/AhxtofA2yY
— Marc Beckman (@MarcBeckman) February 21, 2024
Former Mossad Director Danny Yatom confirms Hamas had sensitive information and “knew a lot about their targets” on October 7th.
Clip: Some Future Day Ep. 20 feat former Director of Mossad, Danny Yatom#SomeFutureDay #Mossad #DannyYatom #Israel #Netanyahu #Hamas #Palestine… pic.twitter.com/ogBZj28JMC
— Marc Beckman (@MarcBeckman) February 23, 2024