Russian human rights defender Oleg Orlov turns 71 in prison
Russia's oldest human rights organisation has said the critic of the war in Ukraine is being treated inhumanely.
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Oleg Petrovich Orlov is a Russian human rights activist who has participated in post-Soviet Union human rights movements. He serves as the chairman of the Board of Human Rights Center “Memorial,” and is an executive board member of the Center's International, Historic-Educational Society. From 2004 until 2006, Orlov was in the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights of the Russian Federation. Through his work with Memorial, Orlov was a laureate of the 2009 Sakharov Prize in recognition of his human rights work. He is a member of the federal political council movement Solidarnost.
Russia's oldest human rights organisation has said the critic of the war in Ukraine is being treated inhumanely.