1.0Rights in Russiahttps://www.rightsinrussia.orgRights in Russiahttps://www.rightsinrussia.org/author/simonrightsinrussia-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.rightsinrussia.org/memorial-human-rights-centre-83/">Memorial Human Rights Centre: Yury Zhdanov, father of the director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation* Ivan Zhdanov, is a political prisoner</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rightsinrussia.org/memorial-human-rights-centre-83/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Memorial Human Rights Centre: Yury Zhdanov, father of the director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation* Ivan Zhdanov, is a political prisoner” — Rights in Russia" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>http://www.rightsinrussia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/zayavlenie_memoriala5a.png570430Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international criteria, considers Yury Zhdanov a political prisoner. He is being prosecuted solely for the political beliefs of his son, Ivan Zhdanov, in connection with the latter’s non-violent exercise of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association. Yury Zhdanov’s prosecution is intended to stop Ivan Zhdanov's activities as an opposition politician and critic of the authorities. The demonstrative cruel treatment of senior citizen Yury Zhdanov is intended to intimidate all political activists who are opponents of the Kremlin. Yury Zhdanov’s imprisonment is clearly inappropriate, given the nature of the charges laid against him.