The co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group in Russia gets 30 months in jail for criticizing war

‘I don’t repent’ – activist Oleg Orlov’s defiant words as he is jailed for criticism of Russia’s war in Ukraine

A veteran human rights campaigner who criticised the war in Ukraine was convicted yesterday by a Moscow court of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian military and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison.

In a four-day trial, here’s how Russia sentenced leading human rights Oleg Orlov activist to 2.5 years in prison for writing that the Putin regime has become fascist

Long-time human rights activist Oleg Orlov is going to prison for the next two and a half years, following a retrial that raised his punishment from a 150,000-ruble fine to incarceration. Last October, Orlov was convicted of violating Russia’s law against “discrediting” the armed forces by writing an antiwar essay, titled “They Wanted Fascism, and That’s What They Got.” Two weeks after this initial ruling, state prosecutors filed for a retrial, …

Russia sends leader of Memorial, Oleg Orlov, to penal colony

Human rights campaigner sentenced to two-and-a-half years for demonstrating against Ukraine war