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First Department interviews Oleg Orlov: ‘What we have is nothing short of a fascist regime’

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Post published:12 November 2025
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30 October 2025 An interview with human rights defender Oleg Orlov Source: First Department Oleg Orlov Human rights defender Oleg Orlov explains why he views Russia as a fascist state,…

Oleg Orlov: “To request a pardon would be an indirect admission of guilt. But I am innocent.”

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Post published:30 August 2024
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3 August 2024 Source: Memorial on X On the eve of the prisoner exchange at the beginning of August, it was suggested to human rights defender Oleg Orlov that he…

Read more about the article ‘We only had an hour, so as soon as I got home I started writing him what I hadn’t had time to say.’ Interview with Tatyana Kasatkina, wife of imprisoned human rights activist Oleg Orlov [Meduza]

‘We only had an hour, so as soon as I got home I started writing him what I hadn’t had time to say.’ Interview with Tatyana Kasatkina, wife of imprisoned human rights activist Oleg Orlov [Meduza]

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Post published:1 July 2024
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Individuals Meduza Oleg Orlov Political Prisoners Prisoners of Conscience Tatyana Kasatkina Translations
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Oleg Orlov 27 June 2024 In hard times, it’s easy to lose faith in yourself and even the people closest to you. If this has happened to you, read this…

Read more about the article Write to Russia: Oleg Orlov – prominent human rights defender imprisoned for exercising the right to freedom of expression

Write to Russia: Oleg Orlov – prominent human rights defender imprisoned for exercising the right to freedom of expression

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:9 April 2024
Post category:Oleg Orlov Political Prisoners Political Prisoners. Memorial Prisoner of Conscience Prisoners of Conscience Write to Russia

Update! Oleg Orlov was released in the prisoner exchange between Russia and the West on 1 August 2024. He is no longer in Russia. On 27 February 2024 human rights…

‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Human rights defender Oleg Orlov is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:9 April 2024
Post category:Freedom of Expression Oleg Orlov Political Prisoners Political Prisoners. Memorial Politically Motivated Prosecutions Right to a Fair Trial Rights Groups in Russia Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Translations

6 March 2024 Oleg Orlov, one of the founders of Memorial, has been sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment for an article in which he opposed the war…

Statement by 32 Human Rights Groups on the Verdict and Sentencing in the case of Oleg Orlov

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Post published:27 February 2024
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27 February 2024 Human rights defender Oleg Orlov sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment Today 32 human rights organizations (see below) issued a statement condemning the conviction and…

Read more about the article Oleg Orlov’s final speech at his trial: ‘Their children and grandchildren will be ashamed to talk about where their fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers served and what they did’ [Mediazona]

Oleg Orlov’s final speech at his trial: ‘Their children and grandchildren will be ashamed to talk about where their fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers served and what they did’ [Mediazona]

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Post published:27 February 2024
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Oleg Orlov 26 February 2024 By Anna Pavlova and Sergei Golubev Source: Mediazona The retrial of Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Memorial, on charges of ‘discrediting the army is drawing to…

Oleg Orlov’s speech at his trial: ‘We now find ourselves in the world of George Orwell’

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Post published:13 October 2023
Post category:Freedom of Assembly Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defenders Individuals Oleg Orlov Political Prisoners Politically Motivated Prosecutions Translations Ukraine War
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11 October 2023 Oleg Orlov's speech at his trial Source: Radio Svoboda Radio Svoboda has published the text of Oleg Orlov's final speech at his trial for ‘discrediting’ the Russian…

Read more about the article Rights in Russia interview – with Nataliya Sekretareva, head of the legal team at Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre

Rights in Russia interview – with Nataliya Sekretareva, head of the legal team at Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:9 July 2023
Post category:Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial Mary Page Memorial Nataliya Sekretareva Oleg Orlov Podcasts & Videos Rights in Russia Interview
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Mary Page talks with Nataliya Sekretareva, a Russian human rights lawyer who works as head of the legal team at the Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre. Before that, Nataliya worked…

Statement by International Memorial Association in Support of Oleg Orlov

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Post published:9 June 2023
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7 June 2023 Source: Memorial Society [Facebook] On 8 June, the trial will begin against our comrade, co-chair of the Memorial Centre for the Defence of Human Rights and board…