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

Oleg Orlov, a veteran human rights advocate in Russia, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for "repeatedly discrediting" the Russian army.
Orlov rejected the politically motivated case against him, stating, "I don’t regret anything and I don’t repent anything."
The harsh verdict reflects Russia's decreasing tolerance for criticism, as other government critics have faced prison sentences for speaking out.

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BBC News

Ukraine war: Russian human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov sentenced to jail

In his closing court statement, Oleg Orlov said Russia is "sinking ever more deeply into darkness".

5 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Russian human rights campaigner sentenced to jail for denouncing war

Oleg Orlov, 70, tells court he has committed no crime and regrets nothing before being sentenced to two and a half years in prisonUkraine war – live updatesOne of Russia’s longest-serving and most respected human rights campaigners, Oleg Orlov, has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail for denouncing the war in Ukraine.Orlov, who is 70, has served for more than two decades as one of the leaders of the Memorial human rights organisation,…

5 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Russian court jails veteran activist Orlov for 2.5 years

Oleg Orlov was accused of discrediting the Russian Army in a column written for the French online publication Mediapart, and fined in October after a first trial

5 months ago·India

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The Independent

Chair of Nobel-winning rights group jailed in Russia over criticism of war in Ukraine

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.

5 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

Russian Courts Jails Top Rights Activist For Denouncing Assault On Ukraine

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two and a half years in jail for denouncing Russia's assault on Ukraine. The 70-year-old, a key figure of the Nobel Prize-winning Memorial group, is the latest target of Kremlin repression, which has intensified since the offensive in Ukraine. "The court has determined Orlov's guilt and orders a sentence of two years and six months... in a general regime penal colony,…

5 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

Prominent Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov gets 2 1/2 years in prison for criticizing war

A veteran human rights campaigner who criticized the war in Ukraine was convicted Tuesday by a Moscow court of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian military and sentenced to 2½ years in

5 months ago·United States

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