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CSO of the Week: Independent election monitor Golos.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 27, 2021
Post category:Civil Society Organisation of the Week Election Monitors Elections Golos Vasily Weissenberg
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Week-ending 26 March 2021 This week the independent election monitor Golos that was founded in 2002 expressed concern when its expert Vasily Weissenberg, an independent Russian journalist and elections expert,…

Boris Akunin: The authorities should be more grown up than the people

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 11, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Boris Akunin Elections Freedom of Assembly Freedom of Expression Right of assembly Writers
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27 January 2021 By Boris Akunin, author Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] Sometimes you want to say simple, trivial things. Commentators will no doubt say how naive I…

CSO of the Week: League of Voters designated a ‘foreign agent’ NGO

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 31, 2020
Post category:Civil Society Organisation of the Week Elections Electoral Rights Right of Association
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Week-ending 30 October 2020 The League of Voters was added this week to the list of so-called 'foreign agent' NGOs. Accoкding to the Ministry of Justice's website, the NGO received…

Grigory Melkonyants: Key findings from the Golos Report on the results of the Single Day of Voting 2020

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 28, 2020
Post category:Election Monitors Elections Electoral Rights Golos Grigory Melkonyants Human Rights Defenders
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15 October 2020 By Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the Golos movement For the full text of the original article, see here Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Facebook] 1. The transition…