Suggested Talking Points for Dr. Wiesel on Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev

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Suggested Talking Points for Dr. Wiesel on Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev

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June 28, 2011

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This email from Gabe Roth to Jamie Moore, with Charles V. Zehren in CC, provides suggested talking points for Dr. Wiesel regarding the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. The email highlights their unjust imprisonment since 2003 on "made-up charges," their appalling treatment including solitary confinement and denial of access to legal counsel and family. It notes that human rights organizations, including Amnesty International (which deemed them "prisoners of conscience"), have condemned these abuses. The document asserts that over 50 others have been victimized by similar prosecution and many have fled Russia, underscoring systemic problems in the Russian justice system. The author emphasizes that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev continue to fight corruption from prison and stresses their need for freedom to ensure Russia upholds the rule of law and human rights.

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