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Statement on the Seizure of the Premises of the Sakharov Centre

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 27, 2023
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Right of Association Rights Groups in Russia Sakharov Centre
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Sergei Lukashevsky: Director of the Sakharov Centre 26 January 2023 Statement by the Public Commission for the Preservation of the Legacy of Academician Sakharov (Sakharov Centre) Source: Sakharov Centre [also…

Sergei Lukashevsky: Right now we are teetering on the brink of a transition to neototalitarianism

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 4, 2023
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Human Rights Defenders Individuals Moscow Helsinki Group Radio Berlin Right of Association Sakharov Centre Sergei Lukashevsky
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22 December 2022 Interview with Sergei Lukashevsky, acting director of the Sakharov Centre, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group by Masha Maiers Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Radio Berlin] The…

Ministry of Justice labels Svetlana Gannushkina a ‘foreign agent’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 31, 2022
Post category:Civic Assistance Committee Foreign Agent Law Human Rights Defenders Individuals Moscow Helsinki Group Right of Association Svetlana Gannushkina
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23 December 2022 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group The Russian government department responsible for maintaining the ‘foreign agent’ register has added several more individuals and organisations to its list, including Svetlana…

Read more about the article Boris Vishnevsky: The president has signed a law that effectively abolishes the constitutional right to freedom of assembly

Boris Vishnevsky: The president has signed a law that effectively abolishes the constitutional right to freedom of assembly

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 15, 2022
Post category:Boris Vishnevsky Foreign Agent Law Free Space Politicians Right of assembly Saint Petersburg St. Petersburg
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6 December 2022 by Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group human rights award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Свободное…

OVD-Info lawyer Darya Korolenko analyses the new law on “foreign agents”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 12, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Expression OVD-Info Right of Association Rights Groups in Russia
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1 December 2022 Source: OVD-Info On 1 December the law “On Monitoring the Activities of Persons under Foreign Influence” came into force, as did numerous legislative amendments to the regulation…

“You’re going to answer for all of it”: Ilya Yashin’s speech in court challenging his designation as a ‘foreign agent’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 7, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Expression Ilya Yashin Politically Motivated Prosecutions Politicians The New Times
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Ilya Yashin By David Krikheli (Wikipedia) 2 December The day his suit challenging being deemed a “foreign agent” was rejected Source: The New Times Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky Court rejected Ilya Yashin’s…

Read more about the article ‘Knowledge of the law is no help here, for such is the “law”’ – Leonid Nikitinsky on how ‘foreign agent’ lawyers operate in Russia

‘Knowledge of the law is no help here, for such is the “law”’ – Leonid Nikitinsky on how ‘foreign agent’ lawyers operate in Russia

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 7, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Journalists Judicial System Leonid Nikitinsky
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29 November 2022 by Leonid Nikitinsky, journalist, PhD in law, and Moscow Helsinki Group prize winner Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Novaya Gazeta. Europe] Ahead of the 1 December entry…

OVD-Info Bulletin No. 282: No word from outside. Aleksei Navalny is not receiving letters from his wife

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 5, 2022
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Crimea Foreign Agent Law Hizb ut-Tahrir News OVD-Info Rights Groups in Russia
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3 December 2022 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 280: Human Rights Council – propagandists instead of human rights activists

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 21, 2022
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Foreign Agent Law News OVD-Info Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights Prohibition of Torture Rights Groups in Russia
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19 November 2022 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

Attempt to reverse liquidation of Memorial unsuccessful [Kommersant]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 17, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial International Memorial Judicial System Kommersant Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners. Memorial Right of Association Rights Groups in Russia Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial
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9 November 2022 by Aleksei Sviridov & Maria Starikova Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Коммерсантъ] For the third time, Memorial Human Rights Centre failed in its appeal against the earlier…