Aleksandr Podrabinek: The Lethally Dangerous Name ‘Navalny’

17 June 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV  Up until today, the most seditious word in Russia was “war.” Now we have added “Navalny.” In Kazan, a court fined a…

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Political Prisoners. Memorial: Dmitry Skurikhin, a businessman from Leningrad region, is a political prisoner.

9 May 2023 Dmitry Skurikhin was remanded in custody on charges of ‘discrediting’ the Russian army for expressing opinions against the war. Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project…

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Political Prisoners. Memorial: Kirill Martiushev, a student from Tiumen, is a political prisoner

6 May 2023 Kiriill Martiushev was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of inciting extremism for a one-minute video message he posted on Telegram Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial…

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Political Prisoners: Memorial: Maksim Lypkan is a political prisoner

1 May 2023 Maksim Lypkan is accused of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for appeals to attend anti-war protests and an interview he gave to Radio Liberty Source:…

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Statement by International Memorial Association in Support of Oleg Orlov

7 June 2023 Source: Memorial Society [Facebook] On 8 June, the trial will begin against our comrade, co-chair of the Memorial Centre for the Defence of Human Rights and board…

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Lana Estemirova on the criminal prosecution of Oleg Orlov: “I’m asking you to sign the petition in support of Oleg Petrovich”

6 June 2023 Source: Memorial Society [Facebook] Lana Estemirova, the daughter of Natalya Estemirova, a human rights activist and associate of the Memorial Human Rights Centre who was murdered in…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Nikita Tushkanov, a teacher from Komi, is a political prisoner

3 March 2023 Nikita Tushkanov has been remanded in custody on charges of ‘discrediting’ the Russian army and justifying terrorism for anti-war posts on the VKontakte social media site Source:…

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‘We ask the international community to support Zhenya and Svetlana.’ Press release on the prosecution of Evgeniya Berkovitch and Svetlana Petriichuk

Eugenia Berkovitch and Svetlana Petriichuk 9 May 2023 by Nana Grinstein, Nika Parkhomovskaya and Yury Shekhvatov This press release is published in the original English On May 4, 2023, Russian…

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Lev Shlosberg: The prosecution of Evgeniya Berkovich and Svetlana Petriichuk is further evidence of the total degradation of the judicial and law enforcement system

5 May 2023 by Lev Shlosberg Source: Facebook The criminal case against Evgeniya Berkovich and Svetlana Petriichuk is a case of the Hongweibing against culture. It's about the same as…

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Galina Arapova: ‘We still go to court to defend media workers because the right to freedom of expression needs defending.’ [Spektr]

28 March 2023 Galina Arapova, director of the Mass Media Defence Centre and a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group member Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Spektr] A year has…

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