A lawyer for a prominent Russian journalist detained on charges of drug dealing has filed a complaint with the country’s top investigative body, saying police used violence against him while in custody. A lawyer for a prominent Russian journalist detained on charges of drug dealing has filed a complaint with the country’s top investigative body, saying police used violence against him while in custody. He was examined in hospital on Saturday and found to have abrasions on his back and a bruise around one eye. Colleagues and friends mount a picket protest for detained journalist Ivan Golunov at the Russian Internal Ministry building in Moscow (Dmitry Serebryakov/AP{)Later on Saturday, a court released Golunov into house arrest. Olga Dinze, a lawyer with the human rights group Agora, filed a statement with Russia’s Investigative Committee saying Golunov was subjected to “unmotivated physical violence” by police.

Source: Irish Independent June 09, 2019 12:00 UTC