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| Thousands of people protested against the invasion in Brussels on Sunday. (Photo by= EPA) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] More than 4,300 people were detained at anti-war protests across Russia on Sunday, rights groups and Russian authorities say. Some 1,700 people were detained in Moscow alone, Ria news agency reports, citing the interior ministry. The OVD-Info rights group says detentions took place in 53 cities, BBC reported.
Although protests have become increasingly restricted in recent years, numerous rallies have taken place across Russia since the invasion. In the last 11 days, more than 10,000 people have been detained at protests, OVD-Info says. Meanwhile, Earlier this week, government critic Alexei Navalny - who is in jail on fraud charges - called for daily demonstrations against the invasion, saying Russia should not be a "nation of frightened cowards". However, a number of new laws have made it harder to protest in Russia in recent years, rights groups say.According to Russian human rights group OVD-Info - which was set up in 2011 - more than 2,500 people were detained across Russia on Sunday.
Protests did not just take place in Russia on Sunday, but around the world. In Kazakhstan - an ally of Moscow - a peace rally was permitted in Almaty, attended by around 2,000 people. Anti-war protesters also took to the streets in cities like Brussels, in Belgium, and London.
