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Russian Federation: Shaman challenges indefinite hospitalization: Aleksandr Gabyshev

16 Sep 2021

On 23 September, the Supreme Court of Sakha (Yakutia) will consider shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev’s appeal against the decision to confine him to psychiatric hospital. Meanwhile he is in pretrial detention and under investigation for alleged violence against a police officer. The shaman has been long targeted by the authorities after he vowed in 2019 to […]
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Index Number
EUR 46/4737/2021
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