Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Khodorkovsky Declared Prisoner of Conscience

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International declared jailed Russian tycoons Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev "prisoners of conscience" after a second prison sentence against them was upheld. "For several years now these two men have been trapped in a judicial vortex that answers to political not legal considerations," Amnesty Europe and Central Asia director, Nicola Duckworth, said. "Today's verdict makes it clear that Russia's lower courts are unable, or unwilling, to deliver justice in their cases."

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110524/164210044.html
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/russian-businessmen-declared-prisoners-conscience-after-convictions-are-upheld-2011
http://youtu.be/kJTkKeoadV4 (video, Khodorkovsy's speach)

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