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Reuters
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Russia jails head of independent election watchdog for 5 years, TASS says
MOSCOW, May 14 (Reuters) - The head of Russia's only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison after being found guilty of working for an "undesirable organisation", state news agency TASS said. Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the Golos movement, was arrested in August 2023. He pleaded innocent at his trial.
CTV News
07-05-2025
- CTV News
Quebec police watchdog investigating after person dies in officer intervention in Nunavik
The BEI logo, Quebec's independent police watchdog, is seen in Louiseville, Que., Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
