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February 28, 2024

Russian Court Jails Campaigner from Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Organization Memorial
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A Russian court has sentenced the longtime human rights activist Oleg
Orlov to two-and-a-half years in prison for speaking out against
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and taking part in antiwar demonstrations.
Orlov is a leader of the now-liquidated rights group Memorial, which won
the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 and the Right Livelihood Award in 2004. He
briefly spoke on Tuesday after the sentencing.

Oleg Orlov: "We live in the 21st century. Those guys are going
backwards, to 20th, 17th and even 16th. Unfortunately, they are dragging
our country with them. But we will win anyway."



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