Anti-war protests intensify in Russia along with police crackdown – By Al Jazeera Newsroom (Al Jazeera) / March 10, 2022
As Russia’s war in Ukraine intensifies, so has defiance back home where police arrest thousands of protesters.
More than 5,000 people were arrested in Russia while taking part in demonstrations against Moscow’s war against Ukraine in 69 cities across the country on Sunday alone, according to the OVD-Info monitoring group.
That compares with 1,900 protesters arrested on February 24, the day of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine – a rise of 160 percent.
As protests intensify, so too do efforts by the police force to disperse them, with dozens suffering beatings from truncheons or being shocked with stun guns after already being held down by officers.
Women held at Moscow’s Bratayevo police station say they were punched, kicked, waterboarded and threatened with rape.
