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Read more about the article Boris Altshuler: Remembering human rights defender Andrei Babushkin (28 January 1964 – 14 May 2022)

Boris Altshuler: Remembering human rights defender Andrei Babushkin (28 January 1964 – 14 May 2022)

14 March 2023 by Boris Altshuler, human rights defender, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новые известия] Andrei Babushkin, who passed away in May last…

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Read more about the article Aleksandr Cherkasov: ‘A feeling of impenetrable gloom.’ On the death of Sergei Grigoryants

Aleksandr Cherkasov: ‘A feeling of impenetrable gloom.’ On the death of Sergei Grigoryants

Photo: Nikita Mouraviev 16 March 2023  By Aleksandr Cherkasov Source: The Moscow Times [Русская служба] Source: Facebook Sergei Ivanovich Grigoryants, who passed away on the night of Tuesday, 14 March,…

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Read more about the article ‘All over again, I’m missing the scent of your bonfires on Anzersky.’ Yury Brodsky on Francis Greene [from 2006]

‘All over again, I’m missing the scent of your bonfires on Anzersky.’ Yury Brodsky on Francis Greene [from 2006]

Yury Brodsky 27 May 2022 We continue a series of publications in memory of the late Francis Greene (1936-2022) with this extract from Solovki. Labyrinth of Transformations by Yury Brodsky…

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Read more about the article Andrei Babushkin, human rights defender and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group award, has died

Andrei Babushkin, human rights defender and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group award, has died

Photo: Yabloko party 14 May 2022  Source: Moscow Helsinki Group Andrei Babushkin was born in 1964 in Moscow region. He graduated from the faculty of philosophy of Moscow State University.…

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Read more about the article Memorial Human Rights Centre: Sergei Adamovich Kovalev, human rights defender, 1930 – 2021

Memorial Human Rights Centre: Sergei Adamovich Kovalev, human rights defender, 1930 – 2021

9 August 2021 We are saddened to learn of the passing of Sergei Kovalev Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Sergei Adamovich Kovalev (2 March 1930 - 9 August 2021) died…

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Read more about the article Ekaterinburg human rights defender Anna Pastukhova has died

Ekaterinburg human rights defender Anna Pastukhova has died

5 May 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group In Ekaterinburg on the evening of 4 May, Anna Pastukhova, the head of the Ekaterinburg Memorial Society, passed away. The cause of death…

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