A Russian court ordered a psychiatric evaluation of an activist on trial for her social media posts about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Defense lawyer Aidar Khyzyrov told RFE/RL that the December 19 order by the Bashkortostan court violated his client Raisa Boldova’s rights. Police began investigating her earlier this year after she published posts on social media about the Russian attack; she faces charges of disseminating fake information about the invasion, under a law that the Duma passed shortly after it began. Russian authorities have increasingly used involuntary psychiatric treatment to target dissenters and political activists. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, click here.
Russian Court Orders Psychiatric Evaluation For Woman On Trial For Anti-War Posts
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