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Mara Polyakova

Mara Polyakova

Russian lawyer in the field of human rights and the current director of the Independent Council of Legal Expertise. She is also a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group,

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Whatever happened to judicial reform?

Despite Medvedev's declared hopes for judicial reform, this year has seen fewer jury trials, more closed hearings and detention in custody and more use of confessions obtained under torture, reports the independent expert legal council, Mara Polyakova