Kasparov detained at protest
24/11/2007 22:47  - (SA)  

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Moscow - A Moscow court convicted former chess champion Garry Kasparov and sentenced him to five days in jail on Saturday for leading an opposition protest.

Kasparov was among dozens detained after riot police clashed with Kremlin opponents following a protest rally that drew several thousand demonstrators.

"What you've heard is all lies," Kasparov said after the sentence was read. "The testimony is contradictory. There was not a single word of truth."

Two riot police testified in court that they had been given direct orders before the rally to arrest Kasparov, one of President Vladimir Putin's harshest critics. One of the policemen acknowledged that the two reports he had filed were contradictory.

Kasparov was charged with organising an unsanctioned procession "of at least 1 500 people directed against President Vladimir Putin," of chanting anti-government slogans and of resisting arrest.

- Reuters

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