News of the disappearance of female protestor

The UN human rights office has called on Russian officials to ensure that anti-war protestor Marina Ovsyannikova is not punished for using her right to speak. The woman recently interrupted a live news broadcast by Russia’s state-controlled Channel One. In which he had opposed the war. Now the news of the alleged disappearance of that female protestor is coming.

Can be jailed for at least 15 years

OVD-Info tweeted on Tuesday that Marina Ovsiyannikova’s whereabouts are currently unknown. No one knows where he is now. The head of the Agora human rights group, Pavel Chikov, told Reuters that Ovsyannikova had been arrested and taken to a Moscow police station. Russia’s TASS news agency, citing a law enforcement source, said state investigators were looking to see if he could be punished under the new law, which carries a prison sentence of up to 15 years.

Marina Ovsyannikova works as an editor in Channel One itself

UN human rights spokeswoman Raveena Shamdasani said on Tuesday that Russian authorities should ensure that “a woman who exercises her right to freedom of expression does not face retaliation”. The woman, who entered the studio carrying a poster of ‘No War’ during the show, has been identified as Marina Ovsiyannikova. This woman works as an editor in Channel One itself.

This was said in the post

TASS, citing a law enforcement source, said the woman was detained and could be charged under a law imposing public sanctions aimed at “discrediting the Russian military”. This poster condemned the Ukraine war. War has been written on this poster in English and Russian language. It is written on this poster, ‘Stop the war immediately’. The poster further reads in Russian language… ‘Stop the war immediately… Don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here (TV channel)’. At the same time, it was written at the bottom of this poster, which is vaguely visible, that ‘The people of Russia are against war’.