Welcome to Rights in Russia
“[…] the striving for freedom never died out in Russia, and over the centuries in each generation there have been people who devoted their lives to the struggle for freedom, and sacrificed their lives for freedom’s sake.” – Liudmila Alekseeva (1927-2018)
“[…] We are not civil society. But we prepared the ground to enable civil society to emerge, and it has emerged.” – Arseny Roginsky (1946-2017)
Rights in Russia is an independent, charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization established on 19 January 2010 to mark the tragic murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova who that day in 2009 were shot dead in Moscow.
Rights in Russia is a charity registered under UK law with the Charity Commission. Our charity registration number is 1147245. Our HM Revenue & Customs Charity Reference is No. XT25453
Rights in Russia is a community of people committed to supporting the protection of human rights in the Russian Federation.
Our Mission The mission of Rights in Russia is to provide information about human rights in Russia and support the work of human rights organizations based in the Russian Federation.
In pursuit of our objectives, at present we publish news, views and analysis about human rights in Russia, including translations of articles by Russian human rights defenders, and articles by experts living outside Russia.
Readers can subscribe to our weekly newsletter from our website here: https://www.rightsinrussia.org/
For information about how to donate to support our work, see here: https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate-support-us/
You can contact us by e-mail at info at rightsinrussia dot org or by phone on +44 7496 821 780. Our postal address is: Rights in Russia, P O Box 149, TA20 9EA, Somerset, United Kingdom
