12 March 2020 Sergei Davidis is director of the Programme for Supporting Political Prisoners at the Memorial Human Rights Centre Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Facebook] Although I, along…
17 March 2020 Aleksandr Cherkasov is chair of the board of Memorial Human Rights Centre and laureate of a Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group (original source: Ekho Moskvy)…
13 March 2020 Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre We believe Domnin was in the zone of military conflict for a short time, did not take a direct part in the…
16 March 2020 Lev Ponomarev, chair of the national NGO For Human Rights and a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ekho Moskvy] An…
21 March 2020 Hi, This is Natasha Korchenkova This week the world faced something unprecedented: widespread (self) isolation due to the spread of the Coronavirus. Countries are closing their borders…
Crimea Abductions, Torture, 'Hybrid Deportation': Crimean Tatar Activist Describes Six Years Under Russian Rule Six years ago, Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Since then, the Crimean Tatars -- who almost…
21 March 2020 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests in Russia. Every Friday OVD-Info sends out a mailing with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…
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14 March 2020 Elena Milashina is editor of Novaya Gazeta’s special projects section and a Moscow Helsinki Group prizewinner Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [Novaya Gazeta] Over a month has passed…
16 February 2020 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Novaya gazeta] The State Duma Commission on Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs has accused Meduza, Radio Svoboda, the BBC and…
This week Simon Cosgrove and Sergei Nikitin talk with Galina Arapova (pictured left), director of the Mass Media Defence Centre (Центр защиты прав СМИ), based in the city of Voronezh. The Mass…