{"id":32213,"date":"2022-01-18T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T08:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/evrosojuz-vnov-prizval-osvobodit-alekseja-navalnogo\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T09:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T08:44:56","slug":"the-european-union-again-called-for-the-release-of-alexei-navalny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/az\/the-european-union-again-called-for-the-release-of-alexei-navalny\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Union again called for the release of Alexei Navalny"},"content":{"rendered":"

After spending a year behind bars, the prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny posted a message on social media telling his followers: “Don’t be afraid of anything.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The European Union again called for the release of Alexei Navalny<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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It’s been a year since\u00a0Alexei Navalny was arrested<\/a> by authorities at Moscow International Airport and sentenced to two and a half years in a prison camp for allegedly violating parole conditions on fraud charges.<\/p>\n

The fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin had arrived from Germany, where he was recovering at a Berlin hospital from nerve agent poisoning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His return and arrest led to protests and\u00a0a monthslong crackdown on his political network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Navalny on Monday took to social media to share his sentiments on the anniversary of his arrest on charges he has maintained are politically motivated.<\/p>\n

“I don’t regret it for a second,” Navalny said of his decision to return to Russia, only to be arrested.<\/p>\n

Navalny says people must be ‘courageous’<\/h2>\n

Taking stock after a year behind bars, with the possibility of more being added with ongoing cases against him, Navalny said people should not let fear govern them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Having served my first year in prison, I want to tell everyone exactly what I shouted to those gathered outside the court when a convoy led me to a police van: Don’t be afraid of anything,”<\/a> Navalny added.<\/p>\n

“This is our country and we have no other,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin critic also said that he had read about employees of the Internal Affairs Ministry being “kicked out of office for liking my posts.”<\/p>\n

“Why live your whole life in fear, and even to be robbed, if you can arrange everything differently \u2014 more fairly,” Navalny said.<\/p>\n

His spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, said she regarded January 17 as a “triumphant”\u00a0moment.<\/p>\n

“For me personally, January 17 is the day of victory and the day of absolute triumph. Putin thought that he would kill Navalny. … Alexey overcame everything and came home \u2014 alive, unharmed and even stronger than he was.”<\/p>\n

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Continued imprisonment condemned<\/h2>\n

Russia has been criticized and condemned by global rights groups not only for Navalny’s arrest, but for the ensuing\u00a0clampdown on political opponents.<\/a><\/p>\n

Moscow has also been accused being behind\u00a0the\u00a0poisoning of Navalny, something the Kremlin denies.<\/p>\n

Germany’s human rights commissioner, the Green Party’s Luise Amtsberg, called for Navalny’s\u00a0immediate release. “His conviction was arbitrary and glaringly disproportionate,” Amtsberg said.<\/p>\n

International rights group Amnesty International<\/a> called for Navalny’s “immediate release and for the end of brutal reprisals against his supporters,” in a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Russian authorities have stepped up measures against opposition figures<\/a> and those with links to Navalny.<\/p>\n

His political network has been banned and deemed “extremist.”<\/p>\n

The anti-government critic and his allies were charged in September with setting up an extremist group. This is the fourth criminal case<\/a> brought against him since his imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Source: dw.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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