Russian Opposition: Journalist In Psychiatric Hospital
July 28, 2007 — A Russian opposition activist says a journalist is being detained at a psychiatric hospital in Murmansk for political reasons.
Yelena Vasilyeva, the head of the Murmansk branch of the opposition United Civic Front, says journalist Larisa Arap was detained on July 6 and is being held at a closed psychiatric hospital in a remote part of the Murmansk region.
Arap recently published articles alleging child abuse at psychiatric institutions.
She also spoke at a June 12 demonstration organized by the United Civic Front.
A spokesman for the regional governor’s office, Nikolai Sigin, said he was unfamiliar with Arap’s case but that it was “impossible” anyone could be hospitalized for their political convictions.
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