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In Bangkok this week, members of an antiwar Russian-language rock group were fighting deportation to Russia, detained in what supporters described as a cramped, hot, 80-person immigration holding cell.
The self-exiled Bi-2 band is known for opposing Russia's war on Ukraine. Authorities in Thailand briefly detained them for working without a proper permit and threatened to deport them back to Moscow.
Seven members of the band Bi-2, which has condemned the war in Ukraine, have been detained in Thailand.
The band Bi-2 is known for its condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with its lead singer labelled by Russian authorities as a “foreign agent”.
Bi-2 detained for working without permit after Phuket concert, in latest incident involving anti-war artists in country