Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Supreme Court orders Russian activist freed from jail

Russia's Supreme Court has ordered opposition activist Ildar Dadin to be freed.

Dadin was the first person to be sentenced under a new set of protest laws.

He's been in prison since December 2015 - but the Supreme Court says he has the "right to rehabilitation."

Our Moscow correspondent Steve Mort has more on the court's decision.

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Our Moscow correspondent Steve Mort has more on Dadin's case.

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Mr Dadin says he's been tortured while in prison. Our Moscow correspondent Steve Mort reports

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