The Russian authorities' threat to bring criminal charges against Eva Merkacheva and Andrei Babushkin, two human rights activists who published torture allegations from two men accused of the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, raises alarming questions over the fairness of the investigation, said Amnesty International.
Amnesty International: Russian activists threatened with criminal charges after raising torture allegations
Zaur Dadayev, charged with the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, speaks inside a defendants' cage at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, on March 8, 2015.