Week-ending 31 January 2020
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: KONSTANTIN KOTOV SHOULD BE RELEASED, “DADIN’S ARTICLE” REPEALED
On 27 January 2020, Russia’s Constitutional Court ordered a review of the conviction of activist Konstantin Kotov. He is currently serving a four-year prison sentence for “repeated violation of the established procedure of organizing or holding public events” under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (popularly known as “Dadin’s Article”, after Ildar Dadin, the first exercise his rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Konstantin Kotov is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditionally. Amnesty International, 28 January 2020
