Quote for the Week. Natalia Prilutskaya, Amnesty International’s Russia Researcher: “The Russian authorities have already starved civil society financially and forced many organizations to close. Now, they are further demonizing individual activists.”

Week-ending 20 November 2020 Natalia Prilutskaya. Photo: Twitter “If adopted, the bill will drastically limit and damage the work not only of civil society organizations that receive funds from outside…

Continue ReadingQuote for the Week. Natalia Prilutskaya, Amnesty International’s Russia Researcher: “The Russian authorities have already starved civil society financially and forced many organizations to close. Now, they are further demonizing individual activists.”

Person of the Week: Aleksandr Shabarchin’s sentence suspended

Week-ending 6 November 2020 Aleksandr Shabarchin, an activist in Perm sentenced to two years' imprisonment for a satirical video featuring a mannequin of President Putin in prison garb, and who…

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Quote for the Week. Natalia Prilutskaya: “Aleksandr Shabarchin is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for the exercise of his right to freedom of expression.”

Natalia Prilutskaya "Aleksandr Shabarchin is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for the exercise of his right to freedom of expression, and he must be immediately and unconditionally released." -…

Continue ReadingQuote for the Week. Natalia Prilutskaya: “Aleksandr Shabarchin is a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for the exercise of his right to freedom of expression.”

Quote for the Week. Natalia Prilutskaya: ‘If the authorities fail to implement urgent protective measures, the COVID-19 pandemic could strike Russia’s prisons with devastating consequences.’

Week-ending 3 April 2020 Photo: Twitter Natalia Prilutskaya, Russia Researcher at Amnesty International: 'The present state of Russia’s penitentiary system – with overcrowding, poor ventilation and inadequate healthcare and sanitation…

Continue ReadingQuote for the Week. Natalia Prilutskaya: ‘If the authorities fail to implement urgent protective measures, the COVID-19 pandemic could strike Russia’s prisons with devastating consequences.’