This site is sponsored by The Committee to Free Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, an organization founded by individuals that are dedicated to human rights and who have seen the abandonment of those principles in Russia.
We believe that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev are being unjustly persecuted by the Russian Government for political reasons. We believe their treatment is in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, of which Russia is a signatory, as well as an affront to the rule of law and to the universal values to which every country in the world, including Russia, must adhere.
Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev are political prisoners. Under Russian law and practice, prisoners who complete half their sentences are eligible for parole. Their continued incarceration and the new charges the Kremlin has brought against them are irrefutable evidence of political persecution. We demand their immediate release!
Open Letter
Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev are being held as political prisoners. Courts around the world have looked at this case and have all come to the same conclusion: Khodorkovsky and Lebedev are the victims of a severe injustice.
Both the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the United States Senate have passed resolutions condemning the trial and imprisonment of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. Human rights groups in Russia, Europe and the United States have said their treatment "underscores the serious erosion of the rule of law and growing intolerance for political dissent in Russia."
Supporters
The Committee to Free Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev is an organization of concerned individuals who are dedicated to human rights and have seen the abandonment of those principles in Russia.
