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HRD Attack

19 Mar 2020

Maksim Zharkov

Incident date
19 Mar 2020
Date accuracy
All Correct
Male
Affected community's leader or member
Arbitrary detention
Target: Individual
Location of Incident: Russia
Other actors

Sources

On 19 March, Maksim Zharkov, an environmental activist was detained by police while participating in a protest against construction of an eight-lane motorway over the top of a tree-lined slope in southern Moscow that contains radioactive waste buried in the Soviet era. He was taken to a police station and accused of “disobeying a lawful order of a police officer”. Activists have been protesting against the construction of the highway because they believe dangerous radioactive particles could be spread around and end up in people's lungs, causing cancer.