Civil Rights Defenders

Read more about the article Sergei Davidis on why Russian society is reluctant to condemn the threat of war – despite largely disagreeing with it

Sergei Davidis on why Russian society is reluctant to condemn the threat of war – despite largely disagreeing with it

Sergei Davidis 24 January 2022 An interview with Sergei Davidis published by OpenDemocracy, republished here by kind permission Natalia Shkurenok in conversation with Sergei Davidis who heads the program for…

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Read more about the article Quote for the Week: ‘We, the undersigned Russian and international human rights organization condemn the escalating attacks against Russian LGBT Network, its leadership and partners.’

Quote for the Week: ‘We, the undersigned Russian and international human rights organization condemn the escalating attacks against Russian LGBT Network, its leadership and partners.’

Week-ending 19 November 2021 'We, the undersigned Russian and international human rights organizations condemn the escalating attacks against Russian LGBT Network, its leadership and partners. We call on the Russian…

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Read more about the article Quote for the Week: “This attack on Memorial is a political act of retaliation against human rights defenders.” – Joint Statement by Russian and international human rights groups in support of Memorial

Quote for the Week: “This attack on Memorial is a political act of retaliation against human rights defenders.” – Joint Statement by Russian and international human rights groups in support of Memorial

Week-ending 12 November 2021 This attack on Memorial is a political act of retaliation against human rights defenders. Russian authorities should withdraw the suits against Memorial Human Rights Center and…

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Read more about the article Grigory Melkonyants on why Golos has been classified as a ‘foreign agent’

Grigory Melkonyants on why Golos has been classified as a ‘foreign agent’

22 October 2021 by Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the Golos movement for the defence of voters’ rights, an independent election-monitoring organisation, and laureate of the prize of the Moscow Helsinki…

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Read more about the article CSO of the Week: OVD-Info wins Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2021

CSO of the Week: OVD-Info wins Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2021

Week-ending 24 September 2021 On 23 September 2021 Civil Rights Defenders announced that OVD-Info had won its Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award. Civil Rights Defenders stated: The Russian…

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Read more about the article Andrey Kazantsev: The Moscow Case – One More Wave of Repressions

Andrey Kazantsev: The Moscow Case – One More Wave of Repressions

9 April 2020 Andrey Kazantsev is a civic and environmental activist from Moscow, Russia It all started at the beginning of the summer of 2019,  when the Moscow City Election…

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