Yuri Dzhibladze: “The Council of Europe must react to violations by members – starting with Russia” [OpenDemocracy]

24 June 2021 by Yury Dzhibladze, president of the Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights (Moscow), a member of the Coordination Committee of the Civic Solidarity Platform,…

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New threats to Russian civil society: Human rights activists appeal to representatives of the Council of Europe

24 January 2021 Request for an urgent critical reaction within the Council of Europe to the adoption of new repressive laws in the Russian Federation that further restrict the activities…

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“Is the fox guarding the henhouse?” Vyacheslav Bakhmin and Yury Dzhibladze discuss Russia’s candidacy for election to the new United Nations Human Rights Council for 2021-2023

7 May 2020 Vyacheslav Bakhmin, co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group (pictured above left) and Yury Dzhibladze (pictured above right), president of the Centre for the Development of Democracy and…

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Lev Ponomarev: Information on the epidemiological situation in penitentiary facilities should be made public

18 April 2020 Lev Ponomarev, head of For Human Rights, a human rights NGO, and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы, 18.04.2020] We…

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Podcast Simon & Sergei: Human rights in Russia week-ending 21 February 2020 – with Yury Dzhibladze

This week Simon and Sergei are joined by Yury Dzhibladze (pictured left), director of the Centre for Development of Democracy and Human Rights, based in Moscow. Yury has worked on human…

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