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Amnesty International Strips Alexei Navalny Of ‘Prisoner Of Conscience’ Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration

Emily Zanotti
Amnesty International Strips Alexei Navalny Of ‘Prisoner Of Conscience’ Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration
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Amnesty International, which advocates, in part, for individuals who are imprisoned by totalitarian governments over dissent, has stripped Russian anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny of its “Prisoner of Conscience” status for “far-right” comments Navalny made about immigrants more than a decade ago.

Amnesty International granted Navalny “Prisoner of Conscience” status in January following his detention in Moscow, after returning to Russia from Germany, where he had been recovering following what many believe to be an assassination attempt by poisoning.

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