Overlooked: The Armenian Greta Thunberg who Spent Six Days in Jail

Just days before Christmas, a Russian court sentenced a young climate activist to six days in jail for participating in a climate change demonstration in Moscow. Supporters of the 25-year-old violinist Arshak Makichyan claim that this disproportionately severe punishment is one of the harshest crackdowns on student activists anywhere in the world. Russian authorities slapped charges on him for participating in an unauthorized demonstration upon his return from a speaking engagement at the COP 25 UN Climate Change Conference.