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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]…

Eva Merkacheva: On the ban on lawyers bringing electronic devides into penal colonies.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 7, 2021
Post category:Eva Merkacheva Genri Reznik Journalists Legislation Maria Eismont Penitentiary System Prisons State Duma
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25 May 2021 By Eva Merkasheva, journalist, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize, member of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Московский комсомолец] On 25…

Lev Ponomarev: A broomstick up the backside is part of our national identity

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 6, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Lev Ponomarev Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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29 May 2021 by Lev Ponomarev, human rights activist, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ekho Moskvy] “THIS COMMUNICATION (MATERIAL) HAS BEEN CREATED AND…

Quote for the Week. Aleksei Navalny: “I just want them to stop coming to me and waking me up at night.”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 5, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Penitentiary System Politically Motivated Prosecutions Prisons Prohibition of Torture Quote for the Week
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Week-ending 4 June 2021 “I just want them to stop coming to me and waking me up at night. What did I do? Did I climb the fence? Did I…

Law of the Week: A bill to ban lawyers recording meetings with clients in prisons

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 15, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Lawyers Law of the Week Lawyers Penitentiary System Prisons
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Week-ending 14 May 2021 Members of the State Duma have introduced a bill to ban lawyers from recording meetings with their convicted clients inside prisons. The move has been criticised,…

Karinna Moskalenko: “Sometimes justice and the legal system don’t coincide, sometimes they do.”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 27, 2021
Post category:Ekho Moskvy European Court of Human Rights Human Rights Lawyers Karinna Moskalenko Lawyers Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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13 April 2021 A. Petrovskaya of Ekho Moskvy in conversation with lawyer and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Karinna Moskalenko An extract from 'Милосердие и закон. Справедливость и правосудие.…