Amnesty International: A trade union of dissenters

Acting entirely in character, Amnesty International, which incidentally turns 50 on May 28, has declared Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev “prisoners of conscience.” Amnesty’s Europe and Central Asia director Nicola Duckworth said: “Today’s verdict makes it clear that Russia’s lower courts are unable, or unwilling, to deliver justice in their cases.” Prestigious status Many Russian […]