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Illegally Held and In Danger: Gennady Afanasyev needs our help

Halya Coynash  Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Gennady Afanasyev is facing punitive measures in Russian captivity for retracting testimony given under torture against Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and civic activist Oleksandr Kolchenko. Whendeclaring Afanasyev a political prisoner in August this year, the renowned Memorial Human Rights Centre warned that he was in danger. That warning … Continue reading Illegally Held and In Danger: Gennady Afanasyev needs our help