Penal Colony No. 2 'breaks people': Inside the prison where Alexei Navalny has been sent
The penal colony where Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been sent to serve his two-year sentence is "one of the worst" in Russia, former inmates and prisoners rights groups have said.
Mr Navalny was reported to have arrived at penal colony No. 2 in the town of Pokrov, three hours outside Moscow, on Sunday.
Transfers of inmates within Russia's penitentiary system can take days or weeks and relatives often only discover the whereabouts of a prisoner after he or she has arrived at a prison.
Mr Navalny’s arrival has not yet been confirmed by his legal team and he could be moved again.
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U.N. rights experts blame Russia for attempt to kill Navalny
GENEVA (Reuters) - Top U.N. human rights experts said on Monday that Russia was to blame for attempting to kill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and called for an international investigation into his poisoning with a "signature compound" last year.
The attempt to kill Navalny was part of a pattern of attacks on critics at home and abroad, and intended to send a "sinister warning" to quash dissent, Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on summary killings, and Irene Khan, U.N. expert on freedom of opinion and expression, said in a statement.
"It is our conclusion that Russia is responsible for the attempted arbitrary killing of Mr. Navalny," Callamard told a news conference, announcing the findings.
"As in other cases, Mr. Navalny was poisoned by a signature compound, this time Novichok, one unlikely to be used by a non-state actor or another government," she said.
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