Dmitry Muratov: “We demand an explanation from the Prosecutor General.” On the blocking of Elena Milashina’s article about the Coronavirus in Chechnya

16 April 2020 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: The Insider] On 15 April the Prosecutor General’s Office demanded that Roskomnadzor [the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 150: Konstantin Kotov, Vladikavkas and curbs to freedom of assembly

25 April 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 the…

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Boris Altshuler: Doctors should not forget about the mental health of children with coronavirus

15 April 2020 Human rights defender Boris Altshuler – on the importance of psychological support for children with coronavirus, who are isolated in hospital Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Клуб…

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Lev Ponomarev: Prison Riot – Part 2. Minister of Justice vs. Human Rights Defenders

15 April 2020 Lev Ponomarev, chair of the national civil society organization “For Human Rights,” member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ekho Moskvy] As…

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Valery Borshchev: We have very little information about what is happening in the army in connection with the coronavirus. About the postponing of the Victory Day parade

In the photo: Valery Borshchev, Co-Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group 17 April 2020 Valery Borshchev is co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Русская…

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Quote for the Week. Natalia Zviagina: ‘Konstantin Kotov is a prisoner of conscience, he must be acquitted and freed.’

Week-ending 24 April 2020 Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International Russia’s Director: 'This decision is a profound injustice. Konstantin Kotov has spent more than eight months behind bars simply for taking part…

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Lev Ponomarev: We demand a thorough and open investigation of the disturbances in Prison Colony No. 15, Irkutsk region

12 April 2020 Lev Ponomarev is chair of For Human Rights — a nationwide human rights NGO — and a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

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Leonid Nikitinsky: The fate of Olga Egorova, chair of Moscow City Court, will be an indication of the influence of the law enforcement lobby

15 April 2020 Leonid Nikitinsky, columnist for Novaya Gazeta, member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group's Human Rights Award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

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Union of Journalists & Media Workers: Support Svetlana Prokopieva before her trial!

18 April 2020 Published by Igor Ya., Union of Journalists and Media Workers Source: Change.org 20 April 2020 will see the first court hearing in the case being brought against…

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