Memorial Human Rights Centre: ‘Police Ombudsman’ Vladimir Vorontsov is a political prisoner

27 March 2022 We believe Vladimir Vorontsov is being prosecuted on account of his civic and human rights activities Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance…

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Oleg Orlov on a statement by members of the Human Rights Council: ‘It completely fails to answer to the tragedy that is unfolding in both Ukraine and Russia.’

9 March 2022 by Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the Memorial Human Rights Centre, Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre What can I say? It seems like they…

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Weekly Update [week-ending 25 March 2022]

https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate-support-us/ Our publications from the past week https://www.rightsinrussia.org/rights-in-russia-interview-26/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/25-questions-49/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/ovd-info-247/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/statement-17/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-32/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-34/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/kiselev-2/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/chikov-18/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/kochetkov-3/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/makarov-6/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/kogan-yasny-10/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/cosgrove-116/

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Igor Kochetkov: Council of Europe — Russia: Time to say Goodbye

18 March 2022  by Igor Kochetkov Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: журнал "Будущее" на платформе Republic] Something happened that has not happened for a very long time: the positions of…

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“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Olga Gnezdilova 25 questions

Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Olga Gnezdilova. Olga Gnezdilova is a lawyer from Voronezh who is currently living in Berlin and works for the Stichting…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Separating the grain from the chaff. Why there should be an ‘anti-sanctions’ list as well as a sanctions list

28 March 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV The 10-point plan to save Ukraine proposed by Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, published by the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz…

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Statement by the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders: A Humanitarian Manifesto

24 March 2022 by the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders We have decided to establish the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders, which would continue the work of the…

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Pavel Chikov: 12 National Guard officers from Krasnodar have refused to serve in Ukraine

24 March 2022 by Pavel Chikov Source: Telegram 12 National Guard officers from the Krasnodar riot police [OMON] have refused to serve in Ukraine On 25 February Police Captain Farid…

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