Crimean journalist & politician jailed on ‘extortion’ charges for criticism of United Russia party

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 9:30 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

The ‘trial’ in Russian-occupied Crimea of journalist Alexei Nazimov and politician Pavel Stepanchenko is descending into farce, after never really making much sense. This has not prevented the two men being held in detention since October 2016, and the lack of any substance to the charges may well have no impact upon the eventual verdict. …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group