Jakarta: The United Nations (UN) human rights office (OHCHR) have raised alarm over the arrest of Russian opposition activist Aleksei Navalny and called for his immediate release.
"We are deeply troubled by the arrest of Aleksei Navalny, and call for his immediate release and for his due process rights to be respected in line with the rule of law," the UN Agency said in a tweet on Monday.
"We reiterate our call for a thorough and impartial investigation into his poisoning," it added.
According to reports, Navalny was arrested on Sunday upon return to Moscow from Germany, where he had been recovering after allegedly being poisoned with a nerve agent.
In August last year, Navalny fell violently ill while on board a domestic flight from the town of Tomsk, in Siberia, to Moscow.
After remaining in coma for two weeks, he was air-lifted to Berlin for treatment, after Russian authorities allowed him to be moved.
Several weeks later, the German government reported that toxicology tests conducted by a special military laboratory revealed he had been poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.
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