28 August 2020 By Teresa Cherfas Teresa Cherfas reviews Joshua Yaffa, Between Two Fires, ISBN 9781524760595 (New York, Penguin Random House, 2020) Joshua Yaffa’s Between Two Fires takes its name…
20 August 2020 We consider the conviction of Svetlana Prokopyeva for the offence of public justification of terrorism unlawful and politically motivated. Prokopyeva has been prosecuted for her journalistic activities.…
9 August 2020 Participants in the Congress of the Intelligentsia of Russia appeal to the military and law enforcement bodies of Belarus and the Russian Federation. Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…
16 August 2020 Yury Shevchuk, the lead singer of DDT and laureate of a Moscow Helsinki Group award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] Yury Shevchuk, the lead singer…
http://www.rightsinrussia.org/quote-for-the-week-34/ compiled by Simon Cosgrove This week there has been continuing concern for the well-being of the politician and civil soicety activist Aleksei Navalny following his poisoning, and what it means for…
18 August 2020 Co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Valery Borshchev Source: 'Can Moscow “save” Lukashenko?,' Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Русская служба «Голоса Америки»] In Belarus, protests are continuing…
17 August 2020 We oppose a broad interpretation of the notion of ‘justification of terrorism’ and the criminalisation of careless comments on the Internet. Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial…
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14 August 2020 Artem Loskutov, Novosibirsk artist, organiser of the ‘Monstration’ marches and Moscow Helsinki Group prize laureate Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: facebook.com/artemloskutov] Novosibirsk artist, organiser of the…
18 August 2020 Lev Ponomarev, chair of the national civil society organisation For Human Rights, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ekho Moskvy, 18.08.2020]…
15 August 2020 Pictured: Andrei Makarevich, musician and winner of a Moscow Helsinki Group Award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] "The statistics regarding the violence inflicted on the…