Drugged And Locked Up: Russian Activist Tells Of Psychiatric Abuse

A young Russian activist has recounted how he was forced to take drugs that affected his cognitive abilities as part of his punishment for staging illegal protests, in what appears to be a trend toward reviving the Soviet-era practice of sending regime critics to psychiatric facilities.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-puniti...

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