A Russian court for the first time has sentenced an activist to three years in prison under a 2014 law for repeatedly protesting without permission.
Amnesty International called for activist Ildar Dadin to be released immediately after a judge at Moscow’s Basmanny Court issued the decision Monday. The sentence was a year longer than what prosecutors were seeking.
The law allows Russian authorities to hand down criminal sentences of up to five years in prison after four unsanctioned demonstrations within a six-month period.
Amnesty called Dadin’s jailing a “shocking and cynical attack on freedom of expression” …read more
Source: Voice of America
