Russia: Poets jailed for public reading of their works are prisoners of conscience

Commenting on Amnesty International’s designation of Artyom Kamardin, Yegor Shtovba and Nikolai Dayneko – poets imprisoned in 2022 for public reading of their anti-war poetry – as prisoners of conscience, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “What crime have these men committed? Reading poetry in public cannot threaten national security, […] The post Russia: Poets jailed for public reading of their works are prisoners of conscience appeared first on Amnesty International .