Detained Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza wins human rights prize

Record ID: 1692586

  • Title: Detained Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza wins human rights prize
  • Date: 10th October 2022
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MARCH 29, 2017 ) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) U.S. POLITICIAN JOHN MCCAIN SPEAKING KARA-MURZA PREPARING TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS KARA-MURZA TESTIFYING
  • Embargoed: 24th October 2022 14:43
  • Keywords: Kara-Murza Russia Ukraine crisis
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA / WASHINGTON, D.C, UNITED STATES
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA / WASHINGTON, D.C, UNITED STATES
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA002120510102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Council of Europe awarded detained Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza the Vaclav Havel Human Rights prize on Monday (October 10) for what it called his bravery in standing up to Russia's leaders.
    Kara-Murza, who holds both British and Russian citizenship and was a pallbearer at the 2018 funeral of U.S. Senator John McCain, worked as a close aide to opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in central Moscow in 2015.
    Twice, in 2015 and 2017, Kara-Murza became suddenly ill and fell into a coma in what he said were poisonings by the Russian security services. Moscow denied involvement.
    He is now in pre-trial detention on suspicion of spreading false information about the armed forces under new laws passed eight days after Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24.
    "It takes incredible courage in today’s Russia to stand against the power in place," Tiny Kox, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said in a statement.
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