Russia: Chechen human rights activist jailed
By DW
30 March 2019 |
1:53 pm
Oyub Titiyev, who had exposed abuses by security forces in Chechnya, will spend four years in a penal colony. His family said the ruling was an effort by authorities 'to silence and disgrace him.'
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