Thursday, February 4, 2021

Ahmady's escape from Iran and Navalny's jailing in Russia

Links to two interesting articles in yesterday's Guardian.

Kameel Ahmady, with UK and Iranian citizenship, smuggled himself out of Iran through a mountainous border route after being sentenced to nine years

His intrepid escape and the jailing of Alexei Navalny is a reminder of how fortunate we are to live in a democracy, which is based on the rule of law.

It is expected Navalny will serve his sentence in a penal colony far from Moscow.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/03/kremlin-tries-downplay-navalny-jailing-thousands-arrested-riot-police

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/03/academic-jailed-in-iran-pulls-off-daring-escape-back-to-britain-kameel-ahmady

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