Weekly Update week-ending 21 May 2021

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Sergei Lukashevsky on the 100th anniversary of Andrei Sakharov’s birth: How can Sakharov’s legacy be applied to our times?

21 May 2021 by Sergei Lukashevsky, Director of the Sakharov Centre, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] The life of Andrei Sakharov was…

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Memorial Human Rights Centre: Four residents of Crimea, charged with involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, are political prisoners

20 May 2021 The four residents of Crimea have been remanded in custody under articles of the Russian Criminal Code that deal with terrorism, although none of the four were…

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Memorial Human Rights Centre: Rais Gimadiev, a resident of Tatarstan sentenced to 16 years in prison on terrorism charges, is a political prisoner

19 May 2021 Rais Gimadiev was charged with organising the activities of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines,…

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Sergei Davidis: “Awareness that the authorities are by their nature against the people is growing”

8 May 2021 Sergei Davidis heads the programme to support political prisoners of the Memorial Human Rights Centre Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода, 6.05.2021] Nine years ago, more…

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