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Rights in Russia interview – with Anton Burkov on the Russian legal system and lawyering in Russia

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 23, 2023
Post category:Anton Burkov Human Rights Lawyers Legal Experts Mary Page Rights in Russia Interview
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Mary Page talks with Dr Anton Burkov, a native of Ekaterinburg where for many years he worked with the human rights NGO Sutyazhnik. In 2001 he received the FEMIDA award…

Karinna Moskalenko: They want to force Russian lawyers to snitch on their clients and each other

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 25, 2023
Post category:Bar Association Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Karinna Moskalenko Lawyers
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19 April 2023 by Karinna Moskalenko, lawyer, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group What is wrong with the Integrated Information System of the Russian Bar and…

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

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

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 13, 2023
Post category:Freedom of Expression Galina Arapova Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Journalists Mass Media Defence Centre Media
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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…

Maria Eismont: ‘The verdict in the case of Dima Ivanov […] deserves public attention’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 3, 2023
Post category:Dmitry Ivanov Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Judicial System Maria Eismont Politically Motivated Prosecutions Ukraine War
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8 March 2023 by Maria Eismont, lawyer, laureate of a Moscow Helsinki Group human rights award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group Since the New Year, judges have been permitted to pronounce…

Rights in Russia interview – with leading Russian human rights lawyer, Karinna Moskalenko

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 13, 2023
Post category:Human Rights Lawyers International Law Judicial System Karinna Moskalenko Karinna Moskalenko interview Lawyers Mary Page Rights in Russia Interview Ukraine War
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Mary Page talks with leading Russian human rights lawyer, Karinna Moskalenko. In 2001 she won the first ever case against the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights…

Read more about the article ‘A kind of legal striptease.’ Genri Reznik’s speech in court on the Ministry of Justice’s suit to close down the Moscow Helsinki Group

‘A kind of legal striptease.’ Genri Reznik’s speech in court on the Ministry of Justice’s suit to close down the Moscow Helsinki Group

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 6, 2023
Post category:Advokatskaya ulitsa Genri Reznik Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Lawyers Moscow Helsinki Group Right of Association
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27 January 2023 by Genri Reznik, lawyer, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Advokatskaya ulitsa, 27 January 2023] This week, the Moscow Municipal Court liquidated…

Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky on reactions to the treatment of Aleksei Navalny: Conscience is an intimate matter. Honour is always in view.

Leonid Nikitinsky on reactions to the treatment of Aleksei Navalny: Conscience is an intimate matter. Honour is always in view.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 23, 2023
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Doctors Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Journalists Lawyers Legal Profession Leonid Nikitinsky Physicians
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17 January 2023 The open letter from lawyers in Navalny’s defence is not addressed to the president—it is a call to their guild colleagues by Leonid Nikitinsky, columnist for Novaya…

Anna Stavitskaya: Since I am sure of Rauf’s innocence – the evidence supports this – I’ll continue to fight for him

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Post published:January 17, 2023
Post category:Anna Stavitskaya Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Politically Motivated Prosecutions Rauf Arashukov Rule of Law
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28 December 2023 by Anna Stavitskaya, lawyer, MHG Prize laureate Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Facebook] Yesterday something terrible happened – my client Rauf Arashukov was sentenced by the…

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…

Irina Biriukova on torture in Russian prison colonies: ‘Any complaint provokes extraordinary resistance’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 5, 2022
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Irina Biriukova Irina Biryukova Novaya gazeta Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture Public Verdict Foundation
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28 November 2022 Irina Biriukova, a lawyer with the Public Verdict Foundation and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group’s human rights award, in conversation with Katya Orlova of Novaya gazeta…