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“Navalny is on hunger strike for a prisoner’s legal right to a doctor from outside” An open letter to Patriarch Kirill by Zoya Svetova and others

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 20, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Facebook Journalists Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture Statements Zoya Svetova
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14 April 2021 The photo (left) shows Zoya Svetova, journalist, human rights activist, winner of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Zoya Svetova, Facebook] This…

Vera Vasilieva: The system’s philosophy. On ‘flight risks.’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 20, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Journalists Penitentiary System Prisons Radio Svoboda Vera Vasilieva
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13 April 2021 by Vera Vasilieva, an independent journalist, host of Radio Svoboda’s “Freedom and Memorial,” and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human Rights Source: Moscow Helsinki…

Person of the Week: Aleksei Navalny’s health deteriorates; Moscow prosecutors seek to designate Anti-Corruption Foundation as ‘extremist’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 17, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Penitentiary System Person of the Week Politically Motivated Prosecutions Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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Week-ending 16 April 2021 This week Yulia Navalnaya said she was growing more concerned about the health of her husband Aleksei Navalny, who is on hunger strike, after visiting him…

Life without Justice – Pavel Chikov and Ivan Pavlov on the case of Aleksei Navalny

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 13, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Ekho Moskvy Human Rights Lawyers Ivan Pavlov Pavel Chikov Penitentiary System Politically Motivated Prosecutions Prisons
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Pavel Chikov, head of Agora International human rights group Evgeniya Albats, chief editor of The New Times Ivan Pavlov, lawyer, head of Team 29 5 April 2021 An extract from…

Person of the Week: Aleksei Navalny ‘ill-treated and denied adequate medical assistance’ in prison.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 10, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Penitentiary System Person of the Week Politically Motivated Prosecutions Prisons
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Week-ending 9 April 2021 This week Aleksei Navalny was moved to a sick ward in the penal colony where he is imprisoned suffering from symptoms of a respiratory illness (cough…

Ilya Shablinsky: Torture by Sleep Deprivation

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 7, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Ilya Shablinsky Penitentiary System Politically Motivated Prosecutions Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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29 March 2021 By Ilya Shablinsky, legal expert and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group: Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] Aleksei Navalny has stated that he has…

When torture becomes “everyday work”: Olga Romanova on what’s going on in the prison colonies of Vladimir region and across Russia

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 7, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Olga Romanova Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture Russia Behind Bars
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25 March 2021 Current Time interviews Olga Romanova, director of the human rights organisation Russia Behind Bars and recipient of the Moscow-Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Current…

Open letter in Navalny’s defence: ‘Stop the grave psychological and physical torture’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 5, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny MBKh Media Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture Statements
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25 March 2021 More than 150 journalists, directors, lawyers, human rights activists, scholars, and public figures have signed an open letter to FSIN [Federal Penitentiary Service] Director Aleksandr Kalashnikov, General…

Person of the Week: Aleksei Navalny goes on hunger strike

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 3, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Penitentiary System Person of the Week Politically Motivated Prosecutions Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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Week-ending 2 April 2021 This week Aleksei Navalny went on hunger strike after he complained of poor health and a refusal to provide him with appropriate medical treatment in penal…

Valery Borshchev: Nowadays society is becoming more and more concerned about the situation inside prisons.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 31, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Marina Litvinovich Penitentiary System Prisons Public Oversight Commissions Radio Svoboda Valery Borshchev
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11 March 2021 an interview with Valery Borshchev, co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода] Moscow’s Public Oversight Commission (POC) for the defence of…