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Moscow (Russia), Feb 20 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Yury Kochetkov) The Moscow Court on Saturday rejected the appeal of the 3.5 years in prison to which Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni was sentenced in 2014, in a trial described as "arbitrary" by the European Court of Human Rights.FOOTAGE OF ALEXEY NAVALNY'S LAWYERS, VADIM KOBZEV AND OLGA MIKHAILOVA, APPEARING BEFORE THE MEDIA IN FRONT OF THE BABUSHKINSKY DISTRICT COURT IN MOSCOW.
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses his legal appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemned as politically motivated. His sentencing comes as Moscow pushes on with its military offensive in neighbouring Ukraine and Russian authorities seek to silence remaining government critics. IMAGES
Moscow, Mar 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Yuri Kochetkov) A Moscow court analyzes the appeal of the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, on the inaction of Russia when investigating his poisoning last year in Siberia.FOOTAGE OF THE COURT SESSION IN MOSCOW
Police presence is heavy outside one of the entrances of the Moscow City Court which is due to begin hearing whether jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose arrest has triggered mass protests, should face up to 2.5 years in prison. Navalny, 44, was detained on January 17 when he returned to Moscow from Berlin, where he had spent months recovering from a poisoning attack in August he blamed on President Vladimir Putin. IMAGES
The International Criminal Court throws out an appeal by Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier-turned-commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, against his conviction for war crimes. Dominic Ongwen, who was himself abducted aged nine by the rebel group led by the fugitive Joseph Kony, was found guilty last year of murder, rape and sexual enslavement in northern Uganda during the early 2000s. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).