Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Russia to quash the convictions and sentences against an 18-year-old activist who became this week the first person in the country punished under a 2018 law that prohibits adults from encouraging minors to take part in unauthorized protests.
RFE/RL: HRW blasts Russia’s first use of ‘ridiculous’ law on minors in protests
Moscow's Kremlin and the Moskva River are pictured on Feb. 17, 2019.
