Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
Sunday 28/July/2019 - 12:11 PM
A Russian group that monitors police arrests says
nearly 1,400 people were detained in a police crackdown on an opposition
protest in Moscow, the largest number of detentions at a protest in the Russian
capital this decade.
OVD-Info said the number of the detentions it logged
for Saturday’s protest reached 1,373 by early Sunday. The group has monitored
arrests since 2011.
Russian police violently dispersed thousands of
people who thronged Moscow streets on Saturday to protest election authorities
for disqualifying independent candidates from the Sept. 8 election for the
Moscow city council.
Several protesters reported broken limbs and head
injuries. Police justified their response by saying the rally was not
sanctioned by authorities.
