Prof. Irwin Cotler was appointed as Special Envoy for Vladimir Kara Murza

The Parliamentary Forum for Democracy's General Assembly has appointed Professor Irwin Cotler, Member of the Governing Council of the Parliamentary Forum for Democracy, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada, and long-time parliamentarian, as Special Envoy for Vladimir Kara Murza- leading Russian democratic opposition leader, author, journalist, and filmmaker. Mr Kara Murza, who embodies the struggle for democracy and human rights in Russia, has been arbitrarily detained and imprisoned for critiquing Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This criminalization of his speech is a case study of both Putin's domestic repression and criminal aggression against Ukraine.