A week after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Oleg Orlov has been sentenced to prison for condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and for calling Russia a fascist state. His courtroom speech has been highlighted as remarkable. This sentencing follows a grim tradition in Russia where human-rights advocates are punished for criticizing authority. Following the invasion, Russia introduced war censorship laws, making it a crime to oppose Russia's war in Ukraine. Similarly, Ilya Yashin, another dissident, has been labeled a 'person inclined to spread extremism' by Russian authorities and is serving an 8.5-year prison sentence for his opposition to the war.
The Russian authorities have labeled jailed dissident Ilya Yashin a “person inclined to spread extremism.” “What this phrase means, I can only guess,” he wrote. Yashin is serving an 8.5-year prison sentence for speaking out against the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/MbFVwnxYJa
The Russian authorities have labeled jailed dissident Ilya Yashin a “person inclined to spread extremism.” “What this phrase means, I can only guess,” he wrote. Yashin is serving an 8.5-year prison sentence for speaking out about the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/MbFVwnxYJa
In Russia, speaking out against the war in Ukraine is an act of protest. A week after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine the Russian authorities introduced a special set of laws, the so-called war censorship laws, that made opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine a crime. https://t.co/W8u9cPAf1d
"Following a grim tradition, a brave Russian human-rights advocate speaks out before being sent to prison." "‘We are being punished for daring to criticize the authority.’" https://t.co/XJQQfEFzXT
Oleg Orlov has been sentenced to prison for condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and for calling Russia a fascist state. Read his remarkable courtroom speech: https://t.co/8eDcAaJDoS