Week-ending 17 December 2021 Image of Maria Alekhina and Liusya Shtein: Kasparov.ru On 17 December 2021 a Moscow district court jailed Maria Alekhina and Liusya Shtein, both Pussy Riot activists,…
10 September 2021 by Maria Alekhina, civil society activist, human rights defender Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Echo Moskvy] The prosecution for violating Sanitary and Epidemiological Rules (Article 236 of…
Week-ending 9 July 2021 This week four members of the Pussy Riot protest group have again been sentenced to terms in jail. On 4 July Nika Nikulshina was again sentenced…
Week-ending 19 March 2021 Maria Alekhina. Copyright: re:publica/Gregor Fischer via Wikipedia Pussy Riot members Maria Alekhina and Liudmila Shtein face up to two years in prison for Instagram posts demanding…
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Week-ending 18 December 2020 This week activist Konstantin Kotov, designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was released from prison after serving 18 months for 'repeated violations' of Russia's…