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Leonid Nikitinsky: The ‘grandfathers’ took offence. On why the propaganda amendments to the Criminal Code about ‘humiliation of veterans’ are dangerous.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 7, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Freedom of Expression Journalists Leonid Nikitinsky
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18 March 2021 by Leonid Nikitinsky, columnist for Novaya Gazeta, member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, winner of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow…

Anton Orekh: The persecution of Karagodin

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 5, 2021
Post category:Anton Orekh Denis Karagodin Ekho Moskvy Journalists Stalinism
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Photo of Anton Orekh: Ekho Moskvy 29 March 2021 By Anton Orekh Source: Ekho Moskvy A silver lining can be found in even the most unedifying of stories. The wave…

Elena Milashina: Kadyrov Regiment Senior Sergeant Suleyman Gezmakhmayev speaks out for the first time about the extrajudicial killings of Chechnya residents without hiding the names of the executioners

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 31, 2021
Post category:Chechnya Elena Milashina Extra-Judicial Killing Journalists Law Enforcement Novaya gazeta Police Ramzan Kadyrov Right to Life
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15 March 2021 By Elena Milashina, a journalist at Novaya gazeta, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] Kadyrov Regiment Senior Sergeant Suleyman…

Podcast No. 65: Simon & Sergei – with Vera Vasilieva

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 30, 2021
Post category:Journalists Podcasts Vera Vasilieva Vera Vasilieva podcast
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This week our guest on the podcast is the well-known journalist Vera Sergeevna Vasilieva. The topics we discuss on the podcast include: human rights journalism in Russia, political prisoners, the…

Legal Case of the Week: Concerns that Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko has been tortured after his ‘confession’ on television in Crimea.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 27, 2021
Post category:Crimea Journalists Legal Case of the Week Prohibition of Torture Ukraine
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Week-ending 26 March 2021 Credit : screenshot from the interview of Krym24 via Reporters without Borders On 18 March 2021 a TV-channel in Russia-controlled Crimea broadcast what it calls an…

Person of the Week: Elena Milashina facing death threats, intimidation and physical attacks for her reporting on Chechnya

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 27, 2021
Post category:Elena Milashina Journalists Person of the Week
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Week-ending 26 March 2021 Source: Wikipedia Elena Milashina, a journalist who works for Novaya gazeta, is facing death threats, intimidation, and physical attacks and there are serious concerns over her…

Vera Vasilieva: Prison and dignity. On the case of Marina Litvinovich.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 23, 2021
Post category:Journalists Marina Litvinovich Penitentiary System Prisons Public Oversight Commissions Vera Vasilieva
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12 March 2021 by Vera Vasilieva, an independent journalist, host of Radio Liberty’s “Freedom and Memorial,” and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human Rights Source: Moscow Helsinki…

Leonid Nikitinsky: The explusion of Litvinovich from the remand centres

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 16, 2021
Post category:Journalists Leonid Nikitinsky Marina Litvinovich Penitentiary System Prisons Public Oversight Commissions
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6 March 2021 by Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya Gazeta correspondent, member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights and Civil Society (HRC), laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human…

Vera Vasilieva: Aims and Methods. On the Atmosphere of Hatred

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 9, 2021
Post category:Freedom of Assembly Journalists Law Enforcement Politically Motivated Prosecutions Right of assembly Vera Vasilieva
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17 February 2021 by Vera Vasilyeva, independent journalist, host of Freedom and Memorial, winner of the Moscow Helsinki Group award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Radio Liberty] In the week…

Zoya Svetova: From Khodorkovsky to Navalny – Chronicle of a Kamikaze Justice System

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 4, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Journalists Judicial System Law Enforcement Mikhail Khodorkovsky Zoya Svetova
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25 January 2021 By Zoya Svetova Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [Ekho Moskvy] Hi, my name is Zoya Svetova. I am a columnist for MBK Media and I have been writing…