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Russia seeks to rejoin UN's human rights council (www.bbc.com)
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Diplomats said Russia was hoping to regain some international credibility after being accused of human rights abuses in Ukraine and within its own borders.

The latest evidence of those abuses was presented to the human rights council on Monday in a report from its Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. Erik Mose, chair of the commission, said there was continuing evidence of war crimes including torture, rape and attacks on civilians.

A separate report two weeks ago by the UN's special rapporteur for Russia, Mariana Katzarova said the human rights situation in Russia had also "significantly deteriorated", with critics of the invasion subjected to arbitrary arrest, torture and ill treatment.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just two of many related news of today.

Jailed opposition politician Alexey Navalny to face even tougher prison conditions

Navalny, who is serving two sentences on politically motivated charges of embezzlement and extremism in a penal colony in Melekhovo in central Russia’s Vladimir region, said that he had been transferred to what he described as a “single cell-type room” for 12 months due to his “incorrigibility”.

Jailed war critic Alexey Moskalyov returned to solitary confinement for fifth time since April

Moskalyov has reportedly been given two weeks in an isolation cell, and told his lawyer that he is feeling well but that he often gets tired as he’s only allowed to use his bed between 10 PM and 6 AM.

“This time around, he was sent to solitary confinement for resting his head on his hand while sitting at a table. He was accused of ‘turning the table into a bed’,” Russian human rights organisation OVD-Info noted on Wednesday.