Why Won't Amnesty International Call Alexey Navalny a Prisoner of Conscience?
Save this story for later. On Tuesday, Russian media reported that Amnesty International will no longer consider the jailed Russian politician Alexey Navalny a prisoner of conscience. âWestern Human-Rights Activists Have Changed Their View of the Bloggerâ one headline read. âAmnesty International Has Revoked Its Decision to Consider Navalny a Prisoner of Conscience,â another said. A fact check might rate these headlines âsomewhat true.â Similar headlines in the Western media followed. This turn of events appears to be about a pressure campaign on Amnesty that got...
Source: newyorker.com