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Welcome to Rights in Russia

Rights in Russia is an independent, charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization established on 19 January 2010 to mark the tragic murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova who that day in 2009 were shot dead in Moscow.

Rights in Russia is a community of people committed to supporting the human rights movement in the Russian Federation.

Our Mission

The mission of Rights in Russia is to provide information about human rights in Russia and to support the work of human rights organizations based in the Russian Federation.

Our Projects

Rights in Russia is currently running five web-based projects to support the human rights movement in the Russian Federation:

1) Human Rights in Russia: providing news, views and analysis about human rights in Russia.

2) HRO.org in English: publishing translations from Russia's premier human rights website, HRO.org.

3) Internet Freedom in Russia: publishing translations produced in the course of a project by Agora Human Rights Association to monitor and protect freedom of the Internet in Russia today.

4) Human Rights Groups in Russia: providing information about human rights groups in Russia.

4) Strategy-31: Freedom of Assembly in Russia: publicizing violations of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution that provides for the right of assembly.

Recent Announcements

New Members of Advisory Council Rights in Russia is delighted to announce that three new members have joined our Advisory Council: Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Noah Birksted-Breen and Hanno Gundert.Nadezhda Azhgikhina, who lives in Moscow ...
Posted Dec 14, 2011 5:59 AM by Rights in Russia

Rights in Russia nominates Ales Bialiatski as member of its Advisory Council In a mark of support and solidarity, Rights in Russia has nominated Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian human rights defender sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for alleged tax evasion on ...
Posted Nov 26, 2011 2:13 AM by Rights in Russia

New website on Internet freedom Rights in Russia has set up a new website, Internet Freedom in Russia, to publish translations produced in the course of a project by Agora Human Rights Association to monitor ...
Posted Nov 26, 2011 9:08 AM by Rights in Russia

New website: HRO.org in English We have established a new website - HRO.org in English - to publish our translations from HRO.org. We hope you will pay the site a visit! We shall continue to ...
Posted May 9, 2011 5:30 AM by Rights in Russia

International Advisory Committee Rights in Russia is establishing an International Advisory Committee whose membership can be seen here. Members of the Committee will, among other things, advise Rights in Russia on the human ...
Posted Nov 26, 2011 9:10 AM by Rights in Russia

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