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Irwin Cotler and Coalition Release Report on Russia's Political Prisoners
At a news conference in Ottawa, Irwin Cotler, chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and former justice minister, is joined by members of the International Coalition to Free the Kremlin’s Political Prisoners and Canadian parliamentarians from all parties to launch a report that documents the Kremlin's persecution of nearly 300 political prisoners. The report also calls for sanctions against individuals listed as being responsible for the persecution, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. (June 10, 2019) (no interpretation)