Lev Ponomarev: Following Sakharov’s path
25 May 2021 by Lev Ponomarev, human rights advocate and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] THIS MESSAGE WAS CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED BY…
Team 29: 🏆 Celebrating our warriors
31 May 2021 Hi, it’s Dmitry Zair-Bek from Team 29 Our weekly newsletter is a little late. We decided to put it out today, and for good reason: 31 May…
Karinna Moskalenko on why political murders remain unsolved
20 May 2021 Pictured: Karinna Moskalenko, lawyer, international lawyer, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Photo: Anna Artemyeva / Novaya Gazeta Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода] 17 May…
Vera Vasilieva: You cannot be silent! On the defence against tyranny
20 May 2021 by Vera Vasilieva is an independent journalist, host of Radio Svoboda’s “Freedom and Memorial,” and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human Rights Source: Moscow…
Memorial Human Rights Centre: Aleksandr Shestun, former head of Serpukhov district in Moscow Region, is a political prisoner
21 May 2021 Aleksandr Shestun has been sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of large-scale fraud, money laundering, illegal business activity and receiving bribes Source:…
News of the Day: 31 May 2021
The Moscow Times: Russia has confirmed 5,063,442 cases of coronavirus and 121,162 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is above 460,000. The Moscow Times:…
Teresa Cherfas reviews ‘In Memory of Memory’ by Maria Stepanova
31 May 2021 By Teresa Cherfas Teresa Cherfas reviews In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova. Translated by Sasha Dugdale. Paperback 448pp ISBN-978-1913097530 (Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2021) Published in Russian in 2017, Maria…
OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 204: Not every police officer goes unpunished
29 May 2021 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…
Rights in Russia week-ending 28 May 2021
Our round up of the week's news http://www.rightsinrussia.org/quote-for-the-week-73/ http://www.rightsinrussia.org/person-of-the-week-73/ http://www.rightsinrussia.org/legal-case-of-the-week-73/ http://www.rightsinrussia.org/civil-society-organisation-of-the-week-73/ http://www.rightsinrussia.org/law-of-the-week-73/ http://www.rightsinrussia.org/european-court-of-human-rights-ruling-of-the-week-73/ Other news from the week: 22 May 2021 The Moscow Times: Russia has confirmed 4,992,554 cases of coronavirus and 118,125 deaths, according…
News of the Day: 30 May 2021
The Moscow Times: U.S. President Joe Biden pledged Sunday to press Russian leader Vladimir Putin to uphold human rights when they meet in Geneva next month for their first summit.…