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UN chief calls for 'transparent investigation' into Navalny death

GreenWatch Desk World News 2024-02-17, 9:50am

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(BSS/AFP) - UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a full investigation into the reported death in jail of Alexei Navalny, the prominent critic of the Kremlin.   

"The Secretary-General is shocked by the reported death in detention of opposition figure Alexei Navalny," Guterres's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.   
Guterres called "for a full, credible and transparent investigation into the circumstances of Navalny's reported death in custody," Dujarric added.