{
  "id": 16218870,
  "title": "Russia’s prison service finds no violation of the rights of political prisoner Alexander Kynev, whose leg was broken during his arrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/russias-prison-service-finds-no-violation-of-the-rights-of-political",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T18:46:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/298677"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Moscow branch of Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has concluded that political prisoner Alexander Kynev's leg injury sustained during his arrest did not constitute a violation of his rights. Kynev, a political scientist, was diagnosed with fractures in his tibia following his detention and later placed in the prison hospital at Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 (SIZO-1), also known as Matrosskaya Tishina. The FSIN's review found no evidence of threats to Kynev's life, health, or human dignity, as well as no violations of his rights or degrading treatment. However, the agency's response provides no information about the circumstances leading to his arrest, during which he claims he suffered his injuries.",
  "summary": "The Moscow branch of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) said it found no violations of the rights of political scientist Alexander Kynev, who was diagnosed with two fractures of his tibia after being detained. The legal rights project Slovo Zashchite (lit. “Word to the Defense”) reported the finding after publishing the agency’s response to an appeal by urbanist Mikhail Popov, who had…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}