February 2023 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update [week-ending 24 February 2023]

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Post published:February 28, 2023
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https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate-support-us/ Our publications from the past week https://www.rightsinrussia.org/ovd-info-294/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-97/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-96/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/altshuler-15/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/10-questions-8/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/10-questions-7/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-44/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/witnesses-against-war-2/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/witnesses-against-war/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/cosgrove-164/

Ilya Shablinsky answers our 10 questions

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Post published:February 27, 2023
Post category:10 Questions Ilya Shablinsky Ilya Shablinsky 10 Questions
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24 February 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky 1) Was there a real opportunity in the 1990s to create a democratic state based on the rule of law and the protection of human…

OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 294: A year of full-scale war

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Post published:February 27, 2023
Post category:News News of the Week OVD-Info Rights Groups in Russia
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25 February 2023 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…

Aleksandr Podrabinek on objectors and deserters: ‘No One Wanted to Go to War’

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Post published:February 27, 2023
Post category:Aleksandr Podrabinek Alternative Civilian Service Conscientious Objection Conscription Human Rights Defenders Individuals Military Ukraine War
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22 February 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek: Source: Radio Svoboda War repeals many laws, but it does not repeal the desire to live. Some accept war as a challenge and rush…

Nikolai Shchur answers our 10 questions

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Post published:February 26, 2023
Post category:10 Questions Nikolai Shchur Nikolai Shchur 10 Questions
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23 February 2023 by Nikolai Shchur Rights in Russia is asking a number of human rights activists, commentators and experts ten questions. You can read their answers here. 1) Was there a…

Simon Cosgrove: A look back at the past week in Russia [week-ending 24 February 2023]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 26, 2023
Post category:Blogs Simon Cosgrove Simon Cosgrove Blog
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26 February 2023 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…

Witnesses Against War #2: Web-designer, currently outside Russia

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 24, 2023
Post category:Putin Putinism Ukraine Vladimir Putin War Witnesses Against War
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22 May 2022 Witness #2: a web-designer, currently outside Russia Source: Witnesses Against War Witnesses Against War is an anonymous international group of journalists, writers, historians and translators, who live in…

Elena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov in 1979. Photo: HRW

Boris Altshuler: On the centenary of Yelena Georgievna Bonner’s birth

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 24, 2023
Post category:Andrei Sakharov Boris Altshuler Elena Bonner Human Rights Defenders Individuals Ukraine War
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15 February 2023 by Boris Altshuler, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group “Anyone who does not regret the breakup of the USSR has no heart, and anyone who thinks we…

Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky: According to Doctor of Law Bastrykin, 6-7 years’ imprisonment for a post on social networks is just the thing.

Leonid Nikitinsky: According to Doctor of Law Bastrykin, 6-7 years’ imprisonment for a post on social networks is just the thing.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 23, 2023
Post category:Aleksandr Bastrykin Freedom of Expression Individuals Investigative Committee Journalists Judicial System Leonid Nikitinsky Novaya gazeta Ukraine War
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20 February 2023 All Quiet on the Western Front: Bastrykin's interview on the eve of the presidential address tackles purely propaganda issues, not legal ones by Leonid Nikitinsky Source: Novaya…

Aleksandr Podrabinek: Say “emigration”, you get a fine, say “gay”, you get a prison sentence

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 22, 2023
Post category:Aleksandr Podrabinek Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defenders Individuals Journalists Vot-Tak.TV
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18 February 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV The Russian authorities have an extremely peculiar tradition: as soon as the abominations they have committed become a flood, they immediately start…