3 minutes agoEU, human rights activists react after arrests of protesters in Russia
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(8 years ago)International governments and human rights activists have reacted to arrests of protesters in Russia who rejected President Vladimir Putin's fourth mandate. Massive arrests across Russia and the brutality with which protesters have been treated who are supporting the opposition led by Alexei Navalny who stopped Putin's inauguration yesterday, [...]
International governments and human rights activists have reacted to arrests of protesters in Russia who rejected President Vladimir Putin's fourth mandate.
Massive arrests across Russia and the brutality with which protesters have been dealt with who are supporting the opposition led by Alexei Navalny, who stopped Putin's inauguration yesterday, prompted European states to react. The organisation for human rights protection, Amnesty International, said its representatives saw the renowned “Cozakts” that hit protesters with fists while police were just watching and failing to react.
Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora Human Rights Association, told AFP that several dozen people suffered injuries, mainly hematoma, and some of them returned to his group for help.
The youngest protester, who returned to Agora, was 13 years old, he said.
Thousands of protesters yesterday have been injured and many of them arrested after going out to prevent Putin's inauguration of his fourth presidential mandate in the Kremlin. The protest was nationwide and was being held in all cities of Russia.
