He takes prisoners of conscience
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This argument is a justification of Putin has all the characteristics of a dictator.
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“Opposition public gatherings were mostly banned, notably on the pretext of health restrictions, while mass demonstrations in support of the government were allowed to proceed normally. Individuals demonstrating alone were regularly arrested and prosecuted, in violation of abusively restrictive legislation1.
Rallies in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny resulted in an unprecedented number of arbitrary arrests2 and administrative and criminal prosecutions on spurious grounds3. Facial recognition technologies have reportedly been used in Moscow to identify and punish peaceful demonstrators.
Police have been able to use force illegally against peaceful demonstrators with impunity (use of electric shock guns, for example)4.
A dozen judicial inquiries have been opened for "repeated violations of regulations on public gatherings". Environmental activist Vyacheslav Egorov was sentenced in October to 15 months' imprisonment for organizing a non-violent demonstration.”
