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Garry Kasparov: Moscow November
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Garry Kasparov, an opposition leader, was arrested on November 24 and sentenced to five days administrative detention for allegedly leading an unsanctioned demonstration and resisting police arrest. Several witnesses told Amnesty International that they overheard conversations among the police indicating that they planned in advance of the march to detain Kasparov. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience and calls for his immediate release.
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As the co-chairman of the All-Russia Civil Congress and the chairman of the United Civil Front of Russia Kasparov is part of an alternative summit to the G8. The "Other Russia" conference in Moscow brought together politicians and nongovernmental organizations from all over Russia and from every part of its political spectrum.
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Kasparov has written four books and has gained international recognition as a prominent spokesman for political, educational and social reforms in Eastern Europe. He is ... active in charity and has created the Kasparov Foundation in Moscow (the first private Foundation since the Revolution) to handle this side of his activities.
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Kasparov said he was being held in a cell at Moscow police headquarters. He was alone in the cell, which he said had a wooden floor. "I have no complaints about what is going on there," he told a reporter.
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On November 24, 2007, Kasparov and other critics of Putin were detained by Russian police at an Other Russia rally in Moscow. This followed an attempt by protesters to march on the electoral commission, which had barred Other Russia candidates from parliamentary elections.[38] He was subsequently given a jail sentence of five days[39] and was released from jail on November 29.[40]
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