Week-ending 5 June 2020 Photo: RFE/RL Russia: Siberian shaman who marched against Putin must be immediately released from psychiatric hospital Responding to today’s court decision according to which Aleksandr Gabyshev,…
Week-ending 29 May 2020 Source: Ilya Azar, Facebook Russia: Prominent journalist’s detention epitomizes authorities’ crackdown on activists amid COVID-19 In response to today’s sentencing of prominent Russian journalist and Moscow…
Amnesty International issues Urgent Action in the case of Konstantin Kotov: Activist Jailed for Peaceful Protests Konstantin Kotov was arrested on 10 August 2019 and later imprisoned for repeated participation…
Week-ending 15 May 2020 RUSSIAN FEDERATION: WHISTLEBLOWER DOCTOR FACING REPRISALS: TATYANA REVVA Tatyana Revva, doctor from Volgograd region, in southern Russia, is facing disciplinary proceedings that may result in dismissal,…
Week-ending 8 May 2020 St. Petersburg Doctor Quits Over Protective Equipment Shortages The head cardiologist at a St. Petersburg hospital in Russia has resigned, claiming staff have not been given…
Week-ending 1 May 2020 He Found One of Stalin’s Mass Graves. Now He’s in Jail. SANDARMOKH, Russia — The discovery by Yuri Dmitriev, after years of searching, “has clearly made some…
Week-ending 24 April 2020 Opera Singer Arrested For Initiating Anti-Government Rallies In Russia’s North Ossetia Authorities in Russia’s North Caucasus region of North Ossetia have arrested opera singer Vadim Cheldiyev…
Week-ending 17 April 2020 Chechen Leader Threatens Journalist Who Investigated Region’s Harsh Virus Quarantine Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened an investigative journalist Monday for a “provocative” story on the…
Week-ending 10 April 2020 RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Detained Rights Defender Must Be Released: Server Mustafayev Crimean human rights defender Server Mustafayev has recovered from a viral respiratory infection he suffered for almost…
Week-ending 3 April 2020 Russian doctors’ union leader arrested twice and beaten by police for delivering masks to medical staff fighting COVID-19 Anastasia Vasilyeva, the head of the medical workers’…