{"id":52226,"date":"2022-09-09T13:09:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52226"},"modified":"2022-09-12T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T18:10:11","slug":"russian-authorities-ongoing-harassment-of-aleksey-navalny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52226","title":{"rendered":"Russian Authorities\u2019 Ongoing Harassment of Aleksey Navalny"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>09\/09\/2022 07:21 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ned Price, Department Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The United States is deeply concerned by the Russian Government\u2019s escalating, arbitrary interference with Aleksey Navalny\u2019s rights. \u00a0Prison authorities have interfered with Navalny\u2019s preparation of his defense and ability to communicate freely with his counsel, including through supervision of his meetings and imposed delays in the exchanges of documents between Navalny and his lawyers. \u00a0This interference, along with his repeated diversion to solitary confinement for minor alleged infractions, is further evidence of politically motivated harassment. \u00a0His arrest upon return to Russia was already shameful, but the Russian Government\u2019s insistence on harassing him further only highlights its insecurity and fear of those who speak the truth. \u00a0We once again join Navalny\u2019s family, colleagues, and supporters around the world in calling for his immediate release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>09\/09\/2022 07:21 PM EDT &nbsp; Ned&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52227,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52226\/revisions\/52227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}