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The Nobel-Prize-winning Memorial human rights group on Monday expressed concern over the condition of its jailed co-founder Oleg Orlov, who was recently imprisoned for criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Russian court in February sentenced Orlov, 70, to two-and-a-half years in prison for “discrediting” the Russian army after he spoke out against the full-scale invasion and the Kremlin. “His health is threatened with irreversible consequences,” Memorial said in a statement Monday, saying Orlov was losing his hearing and had become unwell due to “inhumane treatment” by prison authorities…

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