Russian girl, 17, jailed for anti-war graffiti

A 17-year-old Russian girl who graffitied “death to the regime” has become the youngest person to be jailed on terrorism charges for speaking out against the war in Ukraine.

Lyubov Lizunova was originally arrested in October 2022 for writing anti-Kremlin graffiti on the wall of a garage in Chita, a city in Siberia, along with her friend Aleksandr Snezhkov, 20.

Lizunova, who was 16 at the time, then faced further charges after it was discovered that she had shared posts on social media urging Russians to sabotage railway lines and set fire to enlistment offices to protest against the war in Ukraine.

After their arrest, Lizunova and Snezhkov were released on bail, according to OVD-Info, a human rights group. But after they were accused

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