‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Three more of Aleksei Navalny’s supporters, charged with being members of an ‘extremist group,’ are political prisoners

13 Septmber 2022 Vadim Ostanin and Daniel Kholodny are in custody, while Rustem Muliukov is under house arrest  Source: Telegram The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in accordance with…

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Nikolay Epplée on ‘The Question of German Guilt’ by Karl Jaspers

1 November 2022 by Nikolay Epplée Nikolay Epplée is an independent researcher working on international memorial culture and on memory of Soviet state terror and the author of The Inconvenient Past:…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 280: Human Rights Council – propagandists instead of human rights activists

19 November 2022 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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Aleksandr Podrabinek on bombs and missiles: The dark side of progress

14 November 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Radio Svoboda Scientific-technical progress cannot be stopped. In the history of humanity, many have tried, but none have succeeded. The thirst for knowledge…

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Putin expels Moscow Helsinki Group member Nikolai Svanidze from Human Rights Council

17 November 2022 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group Putin has issued a decree removing several individuals from the Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights, including Moscow Helsinki Group member…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Justice Has Fallen Silent on Both Sides of the Front

14 November 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV The logic of the Ukrainian regime in returning a Wagner Group soldier who had surrendered is understandable. Isn’t the life of one…

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Attempt to reverse liquidation of Memorial unsuccessful [Kommersant]

9 November 2022 by Aleksei Sviridov & Maria Starikova  Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Коммерсантъ] For the third time, Memorial Human Rights Centre failed in its appeal against the earlier…

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Vera Vasilieva: A letter from Yury Dmitriev

14 November 2022 by Vera Vasilieva Source: Facebook I received a letter from Yury Alekseevich Dmitriev dated 24 October which struck me deeply by the contrast between its contents and…

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Doxa: One of the six men held in custody in the Tyumen Affair speaks out about torture by law enforcement agents

3 November 2022 Trigger Warning: Text contains descriptions of torture and sexualised violence Source: Doxa One of the six men held in custody in connection with the Tyumen Affair, anti-fascist…

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