Russian Federation: possible prisoner of conscience / fear of death penalty: Alexander Nikitin

Index Number: EUR 46/009/1996
Date Published: 9 February 1996
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Russian Federation

Alexander Nikitin, a retired Russian naval officer who worked on preparing a report on the dangers of nuclear waste in the Northern Fleet, was arrested on 6 February 1996. If he was arrested solely on the grounds of his research on behalf of the Norwegian environmental group Bellona, AI will consider him to be a prisoner of conscience.