Week-ending 29 May 2020 Pavel Ivankin on a picket. Photo: Telegram channel 'ЯГражданин! via OVD-Info Activists Detained As ‘Fabricated’ Terrorism Trial Resumes In Russia Activists were reportedly detained and single-person…
Activists Call For Investigation Into Case Of Female Genital Mutilation, Saying It Would Be A First For Russia Tatyana Savvina a lawyer with Pravovaya initsiativa (RFE/RL) The girl screamed and…
Week-ending 15 May 2020 Russian Court Rejects Crimean Blogger’s Appeal A Russian military court has rejected an appeal by Crimean Tatar blogger Nariman Memedeminov to overturn his conviction on charges…
Week-ending 8 May 2020 Russian Court Upholds Decision To Extend Detention Of Prominent Gulag Historian PETROZAVODSK, Russia — A court in Russia has upheld a lower-court decision to extend the…
Week-ending 1 May 2020 Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva says charges against her are ‘an act of intimidation’ In February 2019, police in Pskov, in northwestern Russia, raided the home of journalist Svetlana…
Week-ending 24 April 2020 Russia: Prisoner of conscience Konstantin Kotov will remain in jail Following today’s decision by Moscow City Court to uphold the conviction of human rights defender Konstantin…
Week-ending 17 April 2020 CPJ Calls For Release Of Editor Held In Daghestan On ‘Terrorism’ Charges The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in the Russian republic…
Week-ending 10 April 2020 Russian radio journalist accused of justifying terrorism goes on trial The Second West District Military Court will start hearing a case against journalist of the radio…
Week-ending 3 April 2020 Russian woman fined $400 for fake coronavirus news MOSCOW, April 3 (RAPSI) – A court in Russia’s Chelyabinsk fined a local woman, who had published false information…
Week-ending 27 March 2020 HRD Lev Ponomarev detained during peaceful protest and beaten by police On 14 March 2020, human rights defender Lev Ponomarev was violently detained during a peaceful…