Beyond World Cup: Advocates call attention to Russian abuses
Author: Agencies

While foreign spectators from all over the world are having a blast at the World Cup being hosted by Russia, human rights activists are urging them not to overlook the other side of Vladimir Putin’s nation: political prisoners and the harassment of critical voices.

Friday marked the 40th day that Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, an outspoken Kremlin critic, has been on a hunger strike in a Russian prison.

Published in Daily Times, June 24th 2018.
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