Week-ending 15 October 2021 On 11 October 2021 jailed Aleksei Navalny was removed from the 'flight list' category but added to a 'terrorist watch list' on the grounds that he…
Week-ending 8 October 2021 On 2 October migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik was released from detention at Sheremetevo airport in Moscow. She boarded a flight to Armenia the same day.…
Valentina Chupik. Photo OMCT Valentina Chupik, a migrant rights defender who runs the Sunrise of the World [‘Tong Jahoni’], a centre that provides free legal assistance to migrant individuals in…
Wee-ending 24 September 2021 On 23 September 2021 a court decision came into force indefinitely confining Siberian shaman, Aleksandr Gabyshev, to a psychiatric ward for 'intensive treatment' on the grounds…
Week-ending 17 September 2021 This week, on 13 September in a social media post written from prison, Aleksei Navalny called on Russians to vote tactically to maximise the vote against…
Week-ending 10 September 2021 Ilya Pershin. Photo by David Frenkel / Mediazona On 6 September 2021 a court in St. Petersburg sentenced artist Ilya Pershin to three years in a…
Week-ending 3 September 2021 Idrak Mirzalizade, June 2021. © Idrak Mirzalizade/YouTube via Human Rights Watch This week Russia banned stand-up comedian, Idrak Mirzalizade, from Russia for life on account of a…
Week-ending 30 July 2021 On 26 July 2021 Yakutsk city court ruled that Aleksandr Gabyshev, a shaman who has been stopped several times by police as he walked to Moscow…
Week-ending 23 July 2021 On 22 July 2021 the authorities jailed Pussy Riot member Rita Flores for 15 days on charges of disobeying police. This week two other members of…
Week-ending 16 July 2021 Photo: Facebook On 12 July 2021 Moscow opposition municipal deputy Ilya Yashin said he was stepping down as chair of the municipal assembly on account of…