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The case of Vladimir Kara-Murza is a reminder of the dangers faced by human rights defenders around the world trying to shine a light on human rights violations.

Evgenia Kara-Murza: the Ukraine war will contribute to Putin’s demise

NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- A Moscow court has sentenced one of Russia's most high-profile Kremlin critics, Vladimir Kara-Murza, to 25 years in prison on charges of treason for criticizing the war in Ukraine -- in what was widely viewed as a show trial. The unprecedented sentence is the lengthiest ever given to an opponent of President Vladimir Putin, highlighting the crackdown unleashed by Russia's government since the invasion of Ukraine, which has moved to stamp out any opposition at home. Kara-Murza is a long-time pro-democracy activist whose family lives in the Uni...

On Monday, Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin was summoned to the British Foreign Office over the sentencing of Kara-Murza, who holds both British and Russian citizenship

The unfounded, politically motivated prison sentence is a travesty of justice and yet another sign of the Kremlin’s return to Stalinist-style repression.