Amnesty International has revoked Alexey Navalny's "prisoner of conscience" status due to comments he made in the past.
In a statement, the human rights organisation said the Russian opposition figure's remarks from the mid-2000s "reach the threshold of hate speech, which contradicts Amnesty's definition of a prisoner of conscience."
Stuart Smith has more from Moscow.
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In a statement, the human rights organisation said the Russian opposition figure's remarks from the mid-2000s "reach the threshold of hate speech, which contradicts Amnesty's definition of a prisoner of conscience."
Stuart Smith has more from Moscow.
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