Russia: Exiled advocate faces “extremism” charges over human rights work for Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO Memorial

Reacting to news that a prosecutor’s office in Moscow is about to initiate criminal proceedings on “extremism” charges against prisoners’ rights advocate Anna Karetnikova, from the Memorial Human Rights Centre, who is currently living in exile, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “Amnesty International has long warned of the danger […] The post Russia: Exiled advocate faces “extremism” charges over human rights work for Nobel Peace Prize-winni