May 24, 2011 By Robert Amsterdam

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Prisoner of Conscience

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It was a long time coming.  Today, following the Moscow City Court’s pre-ordained decision to reject the appeal of Mikhail Khodorkovsky & Platon Lebedev, Amnesty International has come forward to declare the two men as Prisoners of Conscience.  Text of the press release is below.