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Ukrainian librarian under house arrest takes case to court of human rights

Written By Unknown on Thursday, February 9, 2017 | 10:55 AM

Natalya Sharina, who has been confined to her flat since 2015, faces what her lawyer says are absurd charges of anti-Russian extremism and embezzlement

Natalya Sharina, a Ukrainian librarian held under house arrest in Russia since October 2015, has taken her case to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg. Since her arrest in 2015, the Russian authorities have extended the order for Sharina, director of the Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow, to be detained at home repeatedly, despite calls for her release.

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