July 7, 2017
Video: Peaceful Protesters in Russia Arrested, Beaten
Russian police arbitrarily detained hundreds of people during peaceful protests on June 12, 2017, in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than a dozen people detained during the protests.
![Riot police detain a man during an anti-corruption protest organised by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on Tverskaya Street in central Moscow, Russia, June 12, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_small/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707eca_riot_police_3.jpg?itok=cSGe9G19)