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Read more about the article ‘Political Prionsers. Memorial’: Opposition activist Aleksei Onoshkin from Nizhny Novgorod, remanded in custody for anti-war posts on the VK social media site, is a political prisoner

‘Political Prionsers. Memorial’: Opposition activist Aleksei Onoshkin from Nizhny Novgorod, remanded in custody for anti-war posts on the VK social media site, is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 10, 2023
Post category:Freedom of Expression Freedom of Information Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners. Memorial Rights Groups in Russia Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Ukraine War
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6 February 2023 Aleksei Onoshkin has been charged with disseminating ‘fake news’ about the Russian army and public justification of terrorism Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ a human…

‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Journalist Ivan Safronov is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 5, 2023
Post category:Freedom of Expression Freedom of Information Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners Political Prisoners. Memorial Politically Motivated Prosecutions Rights Groups in Russia Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial
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28 November 2022 Ivan Safronov has been sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony on a trumped up charge of treason Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The…

‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Askhabali Alibekov is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 12, 2023
Post category:Freedom of Expression Freedom of Information Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners Political Prisoners. Memorial Politically Motivated Prosecutions Rights Groups in Russia Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Ukraine War
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2 November 2022 Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger remanded in custody on charges of repeatedly ‘discrediting’ the Russian army, could face three years’ imprisonment if convicted Source: Telegram The human rights…

Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial: On the conviction and sentencing of Ivan Safronov

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:September 13, 2022
Post category:Freedom of Expression Freedom of Information Ivan Safronov Journalists Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners Politically Motivated Prosecutions Rights Groups in Russia State Secrets Treason
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6 September 2022 On 5 September 2022, Moscow City Court sentenced journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years in prison on charges of treason. Source: Telegram The blatantly unlawful verdict mechanically…

Read more about the article Memorial Human Rights Centre: Moscow region bloggers Aleksandr Dorogov and Yan Katelevsky are political prisoners

Memorial Human Rights Centre: Moscow region bloggers Aleksandr Dorogov and Yan Katelevsky are political prisoners

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 5, 2022
Post category:Aleksandr Dorogov Freedom of Expression Freedom of Information Memorial Human Rights Centre Politically Motivated Prosecutions Rights Groups in Russia Yan Katelevsky
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23 March 2022 We believe the two bloggers are being prosecuted because of their anti-corruption investigations Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international standards,…

Leonid Nikitinsky: In any case, 15 years – that’s what’s “fake.” [2/2]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 7, 2022
Post category:Freedom of Expression Freedom of Information Journalists Novaya gazeta Putin Putinism Ukraine War
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4 March 2022 by Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya correspondent Source: Novaya gazeta Let me explain the Criminal Code articles just passed in order to make journalists’ work even more dangerous, if…

Leonid Nikitinsky: 15 years. That’s what’s “fake” [1/2]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 5, 2022
Post category:Freedom of Expression Freedom of Information Journalists Leonid Nikitinsky Novaya gazeta Putin Putinism Ukraine War
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3 March 2022 by Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya gazeta correspondent Source: Novaya gazeta Let me explain Article 207.3 of th Russian Criminal Code, which will appear any day now and will…

Leonid Nikitinsky speaks with Ivan Pavlov about new government guidelines on classified information

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 17, 2021
Post category:Freedom of Information Ivan Pavlov Journalists Leonid Nikitinsky Novaya gazeta Treason
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4 November 2021 by Leonid Nikitinsky, columnist for Novaya Gazeta, member of the Presidential Human Rights Council, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize, interviews human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov,…

Leonid Nikitinsky: The Federal Security Service creates yet another “foreign agent” category – ‘military secret.’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 10, 2021
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Expression Freedom of Information FSB Journalists Leonid Nikitinsky
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1 October 2021 by Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya Gazeta correspondent, member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights and Civil Society (SPCh), laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human…

Secrets, secrets everywhere: Leonid Nikitinsky speaks wtih Ivan Pavlov

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:September 29, 2021
Post category:Freedom of Information Georgia Human Rights Lawyers Ivan Pavlov Leonid Nikitinsky Novaya gazeta Politically Motivated Prosecutions
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20 September 2021 Ivan Pavlov, lawyer and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize, explains, in an interview with Novaya gazeta columnist Leonard Nikitinsky (who is also a member of…