Witnesses Against War #22: Church and state, a ‘marriage of convenience’

19 July 2022 [updated 23 July 2022] Source: Witnesses Against War Witnesses Against War is an anonymous international group of journalists, writers, historians and translators, who live in Moscow and London.…

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‘Word of the New Martyrs.’ Letters from the White Sea-Baltic Canal

11 May 2023 Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory In a video project about the persecution of the Church in the 20th century, students read letters from those who suffered…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Kazan resident Ruslan Ilyasov convicted of participating in Hizb ut-Tahrir is a political prisoner

7 February 2023 Ruslan Ilyasov was sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment for ‘terrorist’ offences Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ a human rights project, considers Kazan resident Ruslan Ilyasov…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Two Crimean Tatars (Timur Yalkabov and Lenur Seidametov), convicted on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, are political prisoners

1 February 2023 Timur Yalkabov was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment and Lenur Seidametov to 13 years’ imprisonment Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ a human rights project, in…

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Vladimir Kara-Murza: ‘This is not the 1970s. This is the 1930s.’

10 April 2023 Vladimir Kara-Murza, opposition politician and political prisoner: final address to the court Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета. Европа] Citizen Judges! I was sure that after…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Yashar Shikhametov is a political prisoner

27 January 2023 Yashar Shikhametov, a resident of Crimea, has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment for involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ a human…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Three Ufa residents accused of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir are political prisoners

16 January 2023 Farit Kharisov, Timur Khabibullin and Radik Talipov, accused of terrorist offences, face long prison sentences Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project, ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Crimean Tatar activist Ansar Osmanov is a political prisoner

15 December 2022 Ansar Osmanov faces terrorism charges on account of alleged involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project, ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in accordance with…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Crimean resident Marlen Mustafaev, convicted of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, is a political prisoner

22 December 2022 Marlen Mustafaev has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in accordance with international standards, considers Crimean…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Four Muslims from Kazan are political prisoners

30 November 2022 Rail Abdrakhmanov, Vyacheslav Vankov, Lenar Mukhamadeev and Ilsur Galeev were sentenced to terms of imprisonment from 11 to 18 years for involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Political…

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