Human rights defender from Ural faces criminal charges for displaying Facebook logo

The criminal case stems from the Facebook logo published on the Telegram channel 'Ural Human Rights Defenders.' In 2023, Alexey Sokolov became the first person to be arrested under an administrative article for displaying the social network’s logo.

The order to initiate the criminal case also mentions "unreliable information of public significance" that Sokolov allegedly spread on the same Telegram channel to "defame the penal system."

Sokolov's house was searched on July 5. A...