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U.N. rights experts to issue findings on Navalny case on Monday

FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Navalny attends a court hearing in Moscow

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators will issue their findings on the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday, a U.N. statement said on Friday.

The opposition politician was arrested in Moscow in January upon returning from Germany following treatment for poisoning with what many Western countries say was a military-grade nerve agent.

Agnes Callamard, U.N. expert on killings, and Irene Khan, U.N. expert on freedom of opinion and expression, will issue their findings on their investigation at a Geneva press conference on Monday (1500 GMT), the U.N. said in a statement revealing the investigation.

(This story refiles to correct typographical error in first paragraph)

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Alex Richardson)