Statements of Support (2003-2013) / Bowring, Bill

“The overtly political nature of the prosecutions of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev (now serving 8 years imprisonment), confirmed by the Council of Europe and by British courts in a series of extradition cases, has destroyed any hope for independence of the judiciary or a fair trial”

Bill Bowring, Professor, School of Law, Birkbeck College, May 8, 2007