Week-ending 7 August 2020 On Thursday, 6 August, 2020, Judge Aleksandr Maslov at the Lyublino district court announced guilty verdicts against seven members of the so-called New Greatness movement on…
Week-ending 31 July 2020 Photo of Yulia Galiamina: Facebook On Friday, 31 July, Meduza reported that investigators launched a criminal case against Moscow City Duma deputy Yulia Galyamina for “repeated…
Week-ending 24 July 2020 On Friday, 24 July, Ruslan Kostylenkov, a defendant in the controversial New Greatness case, accused police of beating and sexually assaulting him in order to obtain…
Week-ending 17 July 2020 Photo: Memorial On Tuesday, 14 July 2020, in the New Greatness trial in which seven young defendants face charges of creating an extremist group with the…
Week-ending 10 July 2020 Photograph of Ivan Safronov, from his Facebook page. (Human Rights Watch) On Wednesday, 7 July, Ivan Safronov, a former journalist currently working as an adviser to…
Week-ending 3 July 2020 Dennis Christensen (behind the windows) talks with his interpreter at the Zheleznodorzhy District Court in Oryol, January 28, 2019 © 2019 Human Rights Watch Prosecutors in Russia…
Week-ending 26 June 2020 From left Arsen Dzhepparov, Refat Alimov, Vadim Siruk, Inver Bekirov, Emir-Usein Kuku and, far right Muslim Aliev Photo Crimean Solidarity On 26 June the Military Court…
Week-ending 19 June 2020 Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva facing trial over terrorism commentary New York, June 15, 2020 – In advance of tomorrow’s trial of Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva on…
Week-ending 12 June 2020 Zarifa Sautieva’s arrest extended despite guarantees of human rights defenders In the Stavropol Territory, the court extended the detention of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva until June…
Week-ending 5 June 2020 Moscow court postpones appeals hearing for arrested journalist Ilya Azar The Moscow City Court has postponed the appeals hearing for arrested journalist and activist Ilya Azar…