ICJ urges the Russian authorities to investigate an attack against lawyer

19 May 2011 | News

The ICJ today expressed its concern at the recent attack on a lawyer involved in a high profile case in Moscow.

On 13 May, Elena Levina, a Russian lawyer representing Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the appeal of his conviction on charges of theft of almost 350 million tons of oil and money laundering, was attacked as she was returning home late at night.

Russian Federation-Russian authorities-investigate an attack against lawyer-press release-2011-eng (full text in English, PDF)

Russian Federation-Russian authorities-investigate an attack against lawyer-press release-2011-rs (full text in Russian, PDF)

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