Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Librarian Under House Arrest In Moscow Takes Case To Court Of Human Rights

 

Police officers raided the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow in October 2015 and arrested its director, Natalia Sharina, for distributing “extremist” literature and “anti-Russian propaganda.” She’s been under house arrest ever since and was put on trial last fall. Now Sharina is appealing to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
 

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