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    U.S. Rights Activist Faces Expulsion From Russia

    A U.S. human rights activist who has defended the interests of Russian citizens in Europe’s human rights court faces expulsion from Russia, she has said.


    Authorities informed Vanessa Kogan that she “poses a national security threat” when they rejected her fast-track citizenship application and revoked her permanent residence earlier this week, Kogan told the Ekho Moskvy radio station Thursday.

    “They told me the FSB [Russia’s Federal Security Service] didn’t approve me and that I had two weeks to leave the country,” Kogan said during a live broadcast.


    Kogan heads the Justice Initiative rights group and its partner organization Astreya, both of which were targets of FSB raids last year. Russian authorities labeled the Justice Initiative’s branch in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia a “foreign agent.”


    Kogan, who has lived in Russia for 11 years and is married to human rights lawyer and Justice Initiative partner Grigor Avetisyan, said two of her dual-national children now risk being separated from one of their parents.


    The Justice Initiative has won nearly 270 out of 400 cases in the European Court of Human Rights, forcing Russia to pay more than $30 million in compensation to the victims of human rights abuses and domestic violence survivors.


    “They saw their chance to get rid of me,” Kogan told the Guardian on Wednesday. “I think that it’s purely connected to the work that I do and my organization does.”


    Human Rights Watch raised concerns over Kogan’s right to family life. “Given travel and entry limitations during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is unclear whether her husband could join her in the U.S.,” HRW wrote.


    Kogan told Ekho Moskvy she plans to appeal the impending expulsion, but called the attempt a “formality” that will unlikely reverse the government’s decision.


    “It’s definitely a general assault” on Russian civil society, she said, linking the deportation orders with the latest flurry of legislative initiatives aimed at further curtailing the activities of foreign-funded NGOs.


    U.S. Rights Activist Faces Expulsion From Russia - The Moscow Times

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    Tsk Tsk we can't have little things like yooooman rights in Russia now, can we?

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Tsk Tsk we can't have little things like yooooman rights in Russia now, can we?


    This is no different than Marina Butina who the US jailed for being Russian.

    Or Julian Assange who is jailed for being a journalist

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Tsk Tsk we can't have little things like yooooman rights in Russia now, can we?
    Indeed . . .


    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    This is no different than Marina Butina who the US jailed for being Russian.
    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Or Julian Assange who is jailed for being a journalist
    There was a brief respite from your utterly idiotic posts

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post

    There was a brief respite from your utterly idiotic posts
    Looks like skidmark is learning from HooHoo and his "What about the murder of Farabundo Marti in El Salvador in 1932" when someone posts a story about the Iranians hanging people for the crime of being gay or something.

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