We reported earlier about the sentencing in Crimea of a Jehovah's Witness to 6 years in prison. Amnesty International have just come out with a statement:
“Sergei Filatov is a prisoner of conscience, facing years in a penal colony solely for expressing his faith. Across Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are being sent to jail, tortured and harassed under vague counter-extremism legislation,” said Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia director.
More on the reshuffle:
It looks like Ukraine will be getting a new prosecutor-general hot on the heels of a big cabinet reshuffle:
From RFE/RL's Brussels' reporter/Europe editor:
Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council (click to enlarge):
