November, 2022 - Rights in Russia

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

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 21, 2022
Post category:Daniel Kholodny Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners Political Prisoners. Memorial Politically Motivated Prosecutions Right of Association Rights Groups in Russia Rustem Miliukov Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Vadim Ostanin
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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…

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

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 21, 2022
Post category:Book Reviews Germany Karl Jaspers Nazism Nikolay Epplée World War II
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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:…

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

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 21, 2022
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Foreign Agent Law News OVD-Info Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights Prohibition of Torture Rights Groups in Russia
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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…

Simon Cosgrove: A look back at the past week in Russia [week-ending 18 November 2022]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 20, 2022
Post category:Blogs Simon Cosgrove Blog
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20 November 2022 By Simon Cosgrove Simon is chair of Rights in Russia but writes these comments in a personal capacity and they may not necessarily represent the views of the…

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

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 18, 2022
Post category:Aleksandr Podrabinek Human Rights Defenders Journalists Nuclear Weapons Putin Putinism Radio Svoboda Vladimir Putin
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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…

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

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 17, 2022
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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…

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

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 17, 2022
Post category:Aleksandr Podrabinek Human Rights Defenders Journalists Prisoners of War Ukraine War
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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…

Attempt to reverse liquidation of Memorial unsuccessful [Kommersant]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 17, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial International Memorial Judicial System Kommersant Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners. Memorial Right of Association Rights Groups in Russia Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial
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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…

Vera Vasilieva: A letter from Yury Dmitriev

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 16, 2022
Post category:GULAG Gulag History Museum Journalists Political Prisoners Politically Motivated Prosecutions Putin Putinism Stalinism Vera Vasilieva Vladimir Putin Yury Dmitriev
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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…

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

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 15, 2022
Post category:Police Prohibition of Torture Tiumen Tyumen
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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…