Lipavský: Czechia will keep fighting for release of journalist Alsu Kurmasheva

The Czech minister of foreign affairs, Jan Lipavský, says his officials will continue to fight for the release of journalist Alsu Kurmasheva and for justice for other political prisoners in Russia.

Mr. Lipavský said that Russia confirmed every day that it had no respect for human rights after a court in the country sentenced Ms. Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist with the Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, to six and a half years in jail for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian army.