Human rights group Amnesty International has revoked Alexey Navalny’s prisoner of conscience status because of past xenophobic comments. The jailed Russian opposition leader’s anti-migrant statements and nationalist dalliances are well-known. He has never retracted those views. Yet history books are full of imperfect crusaders — proof we can’t always choose a model citizen to galvanize others in the battle for political liberties and against corruption.
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A statue of Themis, an ancient Greek Goddess of Justice and a Russian national state emblem are seen at the entrance of Russia's Supreme Court in Moscow on Feb. 20, 2021.
