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Karinna Moskalenko on the Navalny case: A state must never openly violate rights guaranteed by the Convention, disregarding international standards

Karinna Moskalenko on the Navalny case: A state must never openly violate rights guaranteed by the Convention, disregarding international standards

Karina Moskalenko. Photo: Anna Artemeva / Novaya Gazeta 17 February 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода] The European Court of Human Rights has demanded that Russia immediately release…

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Karinna Moskalenko: The Yves Rocher case was significant in that Navalny was recognised as having been victim of the violation both of Article 6 and Article 7 of the European Convention

Karinna Moskalenko: The Yves Rocher case was significant in that Navalny was recognised as having been victim of the violation both of Article 6 and Article 7 of the European Convention

13 February 2021 The lawyer Karinna Moskalenko is a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and founder of the Centre for the Promotion of International Defence Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

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Ivan Pavlov: Violence violence by law enforcement agencies was unjustified and disproportionate

Ivan Pavlov: Violence violence by law enforcement agencies was unjustified and disproportionate

28 January 2021 How do authorities justify police violence in peaceful protests? When does the law allow you to ignore the demands of representatives? An extract Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original…

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‘Complete impunity and the tacit approval of the authorities.’ Lawyers’ Open Letter on the case of Mansur Gilmanov.

‘Complete impunity and the tacit approval of the authorities.’ Lawyers’ Open Letter on the case of Mansur Gilmanov.

23 January 2021 An open letter from Russian lawyers to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Vladimir Kolokoltsev Pictured: lawyer Yury Kostanov, one of the signatories…

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Legal Cases of the Week: In separate cases, lawyers Mansur Gilmanov and Mikhail Benyash both jailed for five days. Gilmanov was also assaulted by police.

Legal Cases of the Week: In separate cases, lawyers Mansur Gilmanov and Mikhail Benyash both jailed for five days. Gilmanov was also assaulted by police.

Week-ending 29 January 2021 Mikhail Benyash and Mansur Gilmanov © 2021 Private via Human Rights Watch On 22 January 2021, the lawyer Mansur Gilmanov was jailed for five days for 'failing…

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Karinna Moskalenko: After the decision of the ECtHR, the Prison Service’s demand that Navalny’s suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher be changed to a real term in prison is absurd

Karinna Moskalenko: After the decision of the ECtHR, the Prison Service’s demand that Navalny’s suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher be changed to a real term in prison is absurd

15 January 2021 Speaking live on air on the radio station Moscow Echo, Karinna Moskalenko, international lawyer, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and founder of the International Protection Centre,…

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Genri Reznik: Only a formally independent authority — an investigating judge — can effectively monitor the observance of human rights during the course of an investigation

Genri Reznik: Only a formally independent authority — an investigating judge — can effectively monitor the observance of human rights during the course of an investigation

Photo: Anna Artemyeva / Novaya Gazeta 12 December 2020 Pictured left: Genri Reznik, lawyer, vice-president of the Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers, a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and…

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Pavel Chikov: Agora launches emergency assistance programme for victims of repression

Pavel Chikov: Agora launches emergency assistance programme for victims of repression

23 December 2020 By Pavel Chikov, head of Agora International Human Rights Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Источник] In December several civil society groups and activists came to…

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Justice Initiative director Vanessa Kogan on her work in Russia (interview with Kommersant)

Justice Initiative director Vanessa Kogan on her work in Russia (interview with Kommersant)

19 December 2020 US citizen Vanessa Kogan, director of the Justice Initiative project, lived in Russia for 11 years, and here she married and had two children. On 2 December,…

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Karinna Moskalenko on a proposal, supported by Putin, to set up a Russian equivalent of the European Court of Human Rights: “I hope this initiative will die before it’s even born.”

Karinna Moskalenko on a proposal, supported by Putin, to set up a Russian equivalent of the European Court of Human Rights: “I hope this initiative will die before it’s even born.”

10 December 2020 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Евроньюс] Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported an initiative to create a national-level analogue of the European Court of Human Rights. The…

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