Commenting on Amnesty International’s designation of Ivan Safronov – a former journalist from Russia sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment on “high treason” charges – as a prisoner of conscience, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The Russian authorities have not presented credible evidence that Ivan Safronov committed high treason. They […] The post Russia: Journalist Ivan Safronov jailed for 22 years on trumped-up treason charges is a prisoner of conscience appeared first on Amnesty International .