#NewspaperFRBrdshtLeMondeBenjaminBarthe "In Qatar, protesting against discriminatory laws is discouraged. Three citizens of the small Gulf emirate, which is due to host the FIFA World Cup in six months, were sentenced to life in prison in mid-May for loudly denouncing a law barring them from participating in a election. A fourth, who had also fought against this denial of rights, was given a 15-year prison sentence. All four appealed against this judgment, delivered on May 10 and made public a few days later." https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/05/24/au-qatar-la-prison-a-perpetuite-pour-trois-opposants_6127436_3210.html #ToponymEastMiddleQatar #OrgCHFIFA #MagazineFRLePoint "Russian justice confirmed, Tuesday, May 24, on appeal the nine-year prison sentence in 'severe regime' of the main opponent Alexeï Navalny, tried for 'fraud' and 'contempt of court'. 'The verdict of the Lefortovo court of March 22 is unchanged,' said a judge of the Moscow City Court, indicating that it came 'into effect immediately'. At first instance, on March 22, the charismatic anti-corruption activist, who was already serving a sentence in a so-called 'normal regime' colony, was sentenced to nine years in prison in a 'severe' regime, where the conditions of detention are harsher." https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/la-justice-russe-confirme-la-condamnation-de-l-opposant-alexei-navalny-24-05-2022-2476829_24.php #OrgClassifPPRUSRussiaOfTheFutureAlexeiNavalny

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Supplementary "The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in jail, the country's prison service has said, in what is likely to be seen as a political assassination attributable to Vladimir Putin." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/russian-activist-and-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-dies-in-prison #OrgClassifPPRUSUnitedRussiaVladimirPutin