Activist outside Moscow’s Basmanny District court on August 1, 2017 holds a poster declaring “Say no to persecution of journalists! We demand asylum for Ali Feruz.”

Activist outside Moscow’s Basmanny District court on August 1, 2017 holds a poster declaring “Say no to persecution of journalists! We demand asylum for Ali Feruz.”

© Cornelius Runtsch for Human Rights Watch, Moscow, 2017