Russia: Release Human Rights Defender
September 08, 2010
September 08, 2010
MOSCOW, Sept. 8 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
For the second time in two weeks, a justice of the peace for Tverskoi District Court of Moscow has sentenced Lev Ponomarev, a leading Russian human rights defender, to four days of administrative detention for his involvement in a peaceful assembly. On September 7, 2010, the court found Ponomarev, 69, guilty of "disobeying police orders."
Ponomarev's detention prevented him from . . .
For the second time in two weeks, a justice of the peace for Tverskoi District Court of Moscow has sentenced Lev Ponomarev, a leading Russian human rights defender, to four days of administrative detention for his involvement in a peaceful assembly. On September 7, 2010, the court found Ponomarev, 69, guilty of "disobeying police orders."
Ponomarev's detention prevented him from . . .