Russia: Another environmentalist in custody as his NGO forced to scrap Sochi report launch | Amnesty International

Russia: Another environmentalist in custody as his NGO forced to scrap Sochi report launch | Amnesty International

 "Just days away from the official opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics,
the Russian authorities are using every trick in the book to muzzle
freedom of expression and silence dissenting voices," said Sergei
Nikitin, Director of Amnesty International’s Moscow Office

The spate of harassment of civil society activists raises fears that the Sochi Games will be a human rights-free zone.

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