Human Rights NGO Attacked in Russia
The following is an exclusive translation of breaking news from Lenta.ru. It appears that the offices of the civil society organization “For Human Rights” – headed up by Lev Ponomarev (photographed at right during 2007 protest arrest), the individual responsible for exposing torture practices in Russia’s prisons on this blog – have been attacked. Representatives of the movement «For human rights» have reported of an attack on their office Representatives of the movement «For human rights» have reported that on Wednesday late in the evening, persons in civilian clothing burst into the apartment on Maly Kislovsky pereulok, where the office of the human rights organization is situated, demanding that the premises be vacated.