14 minutes agoRussian dissident Kara-Murza wins Pulitzer award for his prison remarks
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)The imprisoned Russian dissident and journalist, Vladimir Kara-Murza, was honoured with the Pulitzer Prize for his articles that were published in the Washington Post. Kara-Murza “benefited from passionate features written at great personal risk by his prison cell, warning of the consequences of disagreement in Vladimir Putin's Russia and insisting [...]
Kara-Murza “benefited from passionate features written at great personal risk by his prison cell, warning of the consequences of the disagreement in Russia and Vladimir Putin and insisting on a democratic future for his country”, the Pulitzer Committee said in a statement on May 6th.
Kara-Murza is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence the longest to have been given to a Kremlin opponent in post-Soviet Russia for discrediting the Russian Army and treason, following comments he made in speeches outside Russia criticising Moscow politics.
Kara-Murza, who holds Russian and British passports, was first arrested in April 2022 after returning to Russia from abroad and was charged with disobeying a police officer.
He was later charged with discrediting the Russian Army, a charge stemming from Russia's full aggression against Ukraine in 2022, and a push for the Kremlin to eliminate criticism of the subject.
He was later charged with treason for comments he made during speeches outside Russia that criticised Kremlin politics.
In April last year, Kara-Murza was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
European lawmakers adopted on 25 April a resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional “release of all political prisoners in Russia without conditions”.
The resolution adopted on April 25th is part of a joint EP motion condemning the <x0 non-democratic <x1) presidential elections held in Russia and “The illegal enlargement” of elections in territories within Ukraine that Moscow has illegally annexed.
The resolution calls for immediate and unconditional release, but also compensation for all political prisoners... For the release of unjustly arrested journalists, including Alsu Kurmashevan and Evan Gershkovichin, and their families, to restore freedom of expression and rally in Russia and increase international control and monitoring human rights violations in Russia”.
In the resolution, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Oleg Orlov, Ksenia Fadeeva, Ivan Safronov and Ilija Yashin, who the EP said are political prisoners and must be released. / REL
