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- 01Detained for solo picket.
- 02Picket was about police violence against her brother.
- 03Brother was allegedly beaten by a police officer in 2019.
- 04Released with a warning after her poster was confiscated.
- 05This was her third arrest this week.
- 06She was protesting for her family's case.
- 07She was released without a protocol.
- 08Police warned her about future pickets.
- 09Picketed against repression
- 10Claims family under pressure due to Ukrainian ethnicity
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The Detained. (2026). Case file: Yulia Melnichenko (TD case cmm0toal, record version 2026-07-16). Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmm0toalh00011v1ufh7a82m0. Original data from OVD-Info (https://ovd.info/express-news/2026/02/24/v-moskve-zaderzhali-ukrainku-trebuyushchuyu-zavesti-delo-na-silovikov?utm_source=(direct)&utm_medium=(none)).
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