Hillary rebukes Russia for violating human rights

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rebuked Russia for human rights violations entailed in the arrest of a blogger who protested Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reported election fraud, as Clinton criticized Russia — along with Syria, Iran, and China — in a speech likely to exacerbate the tension between Clinton and Putin.

“Perhaps the most well-known blogger in Russia, Alexei Navalny was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 days in jail after he took part in protests over the Russian elections,” Clinton observed, during a speech at The Hague on internet freedom, immediately after mentioning internet freedom violations in Syria and Iran.