OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 181: A Swastika, domestic abuse and separatism.

28 November 2020 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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Sergei Pashin: On the negative consequences of the abolition of the constitutional courts in the regions of the Russian Federation

17 November 2020 Sergei Pashin, speaking on Govorit Moskva radio station Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Говорит Москва] Constitutional courts in the regions of Russia will be abolished by 2023. This…

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Oleg Orlov: Censorship threatens the activities of NGOs branded as ‘foreign agents’

17 November 2020 an interview with Oleg Orlov, board member at Memorial Human Rights Centre, by Deutsche Welle Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Deutsche Welle] The Russian State Duma may …

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Rights in Russia week-ending 27 November 2020

Our selection of human rights news from the past week. https://www.rightsinrussia.org/quote-for-the-week-47/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/person-of-the-week-47/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/legal-case-of-the-week-47/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/law-of-the-week-47/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/civil-society-organisation-of-the-week-47/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/european-court-of-human-rights-ruling-of-the-week-47/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/21-november-2012/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/28-november-2020/ Other news from the past week: Victims of Political Repression International Federation…

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Weekly Update week-ending 20 November 2020

https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/week-ending-20-november-2020/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podcast-simon-sergei-20-november-2020/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/savva/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/ovd-info-180/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/team-29-37/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/glushkova-2/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/verkhovsky-5/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/ponomarev-27/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/litvinovich/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/kogan-yasny/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-8/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/evans-2/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/cosgrove-46/

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