News of the 36-year-old's arrest has provoked outrage in Russia, and journalists have staged protests over what they have described as a trumped-up drugs charge
Ivan Golunov, a special correspondent for the independent news site Meduza, was charged in a Moscow court with attempted large-scale sale of drugs, Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing Pavel Chikov of the human-rights organization Agora, whose lawyers defend the journalist.Meduza quoted Chikov on Saturday as saying that an ambulance doctor who examined Golunov in police custody said the journalist had concussion, bruising and possible broken ribs.
For the simple reason that society has very, very, very many of them."Golunov's lawyer and colleagues have accused police of planting the drugs on the journalist and framing him, Reuters reported.The Committee to Protect Journalists called for Golunov's release as well as investigate allegations that he had been beaten in police custody.
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