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Pavel Chikov on torture in the prison system: “It’s centralised management. These are not just some kind of excesses by those on the ground”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 20, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Lawyers Pavel Chikov Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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Pavel Chikov 11 October 2021 An extract from 'Polny Albats: Torture in the Prison System.' Pavel Chikov heads the Agora International Human Rights Group; Vladimir Osechkin heads the Gulagu.Net project.…

Statement by Public Verdict Foundation on torture in the prison system: First and foremost – consider the victims

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 19, 2021
Post category:Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture Public Verdict Foundation Rights Groups in Russia
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9 October 2021 Statement by Public Verdict Foundation. A Basic programme for the protection of prisoners: to ensure the safety of people who survived torture in Russian prisons. Source: Moscow…

Lev Ponomarev: One day in the life of the wife of prisoner Ivankin

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 13, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Lev Ponomarev Network Case Penitentiary System Prisons
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28 September 2021 by Lev Ponomarev, human rights activist, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы, 28.09.2021] The FOLLOWING MESSAGE (CONTENT) WAS CREATED…

“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Liudmila Alpern 25 questions

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 11, 2021
Post category:25 Questions Liudmila Alpern 25 Questions Penitentiary System Prisons
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Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Liudmila Alpern, a researcher and observer of Russian prisons and penal colonies with a special interest in conditions in places…

Podcast No. 86. Simon & Sergei – with Liudmila Alpern

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 6, 2021
Post category:Liudmila Alpern Podcast Penitentiary System Podcasts Prisons Public Oversight Commissions
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This week our guest on the podcast is Liudmila Ilyinichna Alpern. Liudmilla Alpern is a prison researcher and observer. She used to work as deputy director of the Centre for…

Karinna Moskalenko: Torture in Russia – how it goes

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:July 6, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Lawyers Karinna Moskalenko Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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30 June 2021 by Karinna Moskalenko, attorney, international lawyer, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] On 28 June 2021, a group of lawyers…

Lev Ponomarev: Only by our efforts can we end the practice of torture

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 29, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Irkutsk Lev Ponomarev Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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22 June 2021 by Lev Ponomarev, human rights activist, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] “THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED BY…

Igor Kalyapin on the threat of a return of the GULAG

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 15, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Igor Kalyapin Penitentiary System Prisons
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26 May 2021 Igor Kalyapin, head of the Committee Against Torture, member of the Presidential Human Rights Council and a Moscow Helsinki Group laureate for human rights, talks to Advokatskaya…

Valery Borshchev: “According to my data, wages [of prisoners] are still low. There are constant complaints about this.”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 9, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Penitentiary System Prisons Valery Borshchev
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27 May 2021 Prisoners are still receiving low wages, which is something many complain about, says Valery Borshchev, human rights defender and co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Source: Moscow…

Zoya Svetova: “This is an absolute desecration and mockery of public monitoring”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 8, 2021
Post category:Journalists Penitentiary System Prisons Public Oversight Commissions Zoya Svetova
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25 May 2021 Pictured: Zoya Svetova, winner of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize. Photo by Svetlana Vidanova / Novaya gazeta Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Echo of Moscow, 05/25/2021]…