CSO of the Week: Aleksei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation

Week-ending 3 December 2021 The banning and designation as 'extremist' of Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, along with other organisations associated with him, which Amnesty International has described as 'one of…

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Law of the Week: Anti-extremism legislation used to suppress freedoms of association, expression and conscience

Wee-ending 19 November 2021 The Russian legislation on extremism has been used, among other things, to prosecute Jehovah's Witnesses and to outlaw organisations supporting Aleksei Navalny. This week Fedor Telin,…

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CSO of the Week: The spectre of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation – now closed – continues to haunt the Russian authorities, it seems

Week-ending 30 July 2021 On 26 July 2021 Roskomnadzor blocked 49 websites linked to Aleksei Navalny, including his personal website, on the grounds they spread 'propaganda and banned extremist activity.' On…

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Aleksandr Verkhovsky: Where do the “anti-sectarian” fantasies in the case against Navalny’s supporters come from?

4 May 2021 by Aleksandr Verkhovsky is the director of the information-analytical Sova Centre.  He is a member of the Human Rights Council of the Russian President, and laureate of…

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Person of the Week: Aleksei Navalny – Russian court dismisses legal challenge to the authorities’ refusal to investigate his attempted murder.

Week-ending 21 May 2021 This week a court dismissed Aleksei Navalny's legal challenge to the refusal by the Russian authorities to open an investigation into his attempted murder, a court…

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CSO of the Week: The Anti-Corruption Foundation suspended and blacklisted as a ‘terrorist-linked’ organisation

Week-ending 30 April 2021 This week, on 26 April 2021, the Prosecutor's office suspended the activities of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, founded and led by Aleksei Navalny who remains imprisoned in…

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The Anti-Corruption Foundation trial is a step towards civil confrontation. Statement by human rights activists

25 April 2021 The photo shows Valery Borshchev, co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] On April 26, 2021 the court case begins regarding…

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CSO of the Week: Prosecutors seek to ban Anti-Corruption Foundation as ‘extremist’

Week-ending 23 April 2021 'On 16 April, the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office lodged a formal request with the Moscow City Court to label as ‘“extremist” and ban three organizations linked to…

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