Artem Kamardin

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Kamardin is a poet belonging to the Kabardian ethnic minority in Russia. He was beaten and violently raped by Russian authorities in September 2022 for his poetry readings during an anti Ukraine-war protest. He was forced to apologize on camera. He was later charged with “inciting hatred,” and was sentenced to 7 years in prison in December 2023.