Russia Might Be Slowly Executing Alexei Navalny in Prison, Says Amnesty International

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Russia Might Be Slowly Executing Alexei Navalny in Prison, Says Amnesty International

‘SLOW DEATH’
Jamie Ross, Reporter
Published Apr. 07, 2021 6:44AM ET

Amnesty International—the world’s leading human-rights group—said it believes Russia’s treatment of Alexei Navalny is so brutal that it could effectively amount to a long, painful, and slow execution. Navalny, the Putin nemesis who was poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent last year, has recently gone on hunger strike in prison in an attempt to force authorities into giving him medical treatment. In recent days, he’s complained of a persistent cough and high temperature, and claimed that there have been cases of tuberculosis in his prison. Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general, told Reuters on Wednesday: “Russia, the Russian authorities, may be placing him into a situation of a slow death and seeking to hide what is happening to him... Clearly the Russian authorities are violating his rights. We have to do more... [They] have already attempted to kill him, they are now detaining him, and imposing prison conditions, that amount to torture.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/07/alexei-navalny-seriously-ill-in-prison/


Alexei Navalny ‘Seriously Ill’ In Prison
April 7, 2021 at 10:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Alexei Navalny, the most prominent opponent of Russian president Vladimir Putin, is “seriously ill” in prison after contracting symptoms of a respiratory illness in prison, the Financial Times reports.

Meanwhile, Reuters reports Amnesty International says Navalny is incarcerated in conditions that amount to torture and may slowly be killing him.

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1. Is Putin a killer? - Joe "Yes"

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2. They arrested his doctor

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Bill Browder
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Unbelievable. Russia arrests Alexei Navalny’s personal doctor after she requests permission to examine him in prison. They don’t even pretend to behave reasonably

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Police detained the head of the Russian Alliance of Doctors, Anastasia Vasilyeva, after she requested permission to examine Aleksei Navalny inside a prison. The Kremlin critic has been moved to a sick ward in the facility amid reports of a possible tuberculosis outbreak there.
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3. Police State Putin

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4. No doubt about it. Disgusting and sad. nt

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5. Matthew Chance CNN International Reporter was detained yesterday outside where Navalney is being hel

Here is @MChanceCNN's recounting of what happened when he and his cameraman were detained at a pro-Navalny protest today. They were released after about three hours.

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