‘Memorial. Political Prisoners’: Muscovite Aleksandr Gedzhadze, convicted in Belarus of disorderly conduct, is a political prisoner

21 November 2022 Aleksandr Gedzhadze, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a Belarusian court, will serve his sentence in Russia Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners.…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Andrei Russkikh, a psychotherapist from Belarus threatened with extradition to his home country, is a political prisoner

17 August 2022 Andrei Russkikh has been charged with insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka and inciting hatred of Belarusian law enforcement bodies. Source: 'Political Prisoners. Memorial' The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners.…

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Memorial Human Rights Centre: Vadim Duboisky, a political opponent of Lukashenka facing extradition, is a political prisoner

1 February 2022 Vadim Duboisky has already been held for 10 months in a Russian detention centre at the request of Belarusian law enforcement authorities Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre…

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Memorial Human Rights Centre: Andrei Kazimirov, a Belarusian citizen facing deportation from Russia for participating in anti-Lukashenko protests, is a political prisoner.

30 April 2021 Andrei Kazimirov was detained in Moscow and remanded in custody on charges brought by the Belarusian authorities of rioting  Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial Human Rights…

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Leonid Nikitinsky on the situation of lawyers in Belarus: “Attacks on the Defence”

16 November 2020 By Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya Gazeta columnist, member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group’s Human Rights Award Source: Moscow Helsinki…

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Vyacheslav Bakhmin: “Moscow is now very closely involved in efforts to suppress the nationwide protests in Belarus.”

10 September 2020 Co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Vyacheslav Bakhmin on the situation in Belarus and the Kremlin’s position Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Русская служба «Голоса Америки»] Maria…

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Statement by members of the Congress of the Intelligentsia: “Citizens of Belarus, we see you as setting an example worthy of respect and emulation.”

11 September 2020 Pictured: Co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Valery Borshchev Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] Russian citizens who follow political developments in our own country and…

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