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Doxa: One of the six men held in custody in the Tyumen Affair speaks out about torture by law enforcement agents

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 15, 2022
Post category:Police Prohibition of Torture Tiumen Tyumen
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3 November 2022 Trigger Warning: Text contains descriptions of torture and sexualised violence Source: Doxa One of the six men held in custody in connection with the Tyumen Affair, anti-fascist…

Mediazona: More than 5,000 police charges for “discreditation” of the army have gone to Russian courts

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 11, 2022
Post category:Journalists Mediazona Police Politically Motivated Prosecutions Ukraine War
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9 November 2022 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: MediaZona] Since early March 2002, 5,003 administrative cases on “discreditation” of the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Russian Code of Administration…

Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky: Kant and his accomplices. A story about two lawyers from Kaliningrad Oblast and their clients who have no wish to be silent and pretend

Leonid Nikitinsky: Kant and his accomplices. A story about two lawyers from Kaliningrad Oblast and their clients who have no wish to be silent and pretend

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 25, 2022
Post category:Free Space Journalists Judicial System Leonid Nikitinsky Police Ukraine War
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18 October 2022 Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya Gazeta correspondent, doctor of jurisprudence, and laureate of the MKhG [Moscow Helsinki Group] human rights prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Free Space]…

Aleksandr Podrabinek: “A hungry police officer is a threat to society!” Statement to the Moscow Prosecutor

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 15, 2022
Post category:Aleksandr Podrabinek Human Rights Defenders Journalists Police Politically Motivated Prosecutions
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14 April 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Facebook Today I sent a statement to the Moscow General Prosecutor through the Internet portal To Moscow General Prosecutor, State Councillor of Justice…

Leonid Nikitinsky: Police fire proved a blank

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 22, 2021
Post category:Journalists Law Enforcement Leonid Nikitinsky Police
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8 December 2021 by Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya gazeta columnist, member of the Presidential Human Rights Council, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета]…

Lev Ponomarev: Human Rights Day. Save Russia from shame

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 14, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Lev Ponomarev Penitentiary System Police Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights Prisons Prohibition of Torture Putin
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8 December 2021 by Lev Ponomarev, human rights defender, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, head of the civil human rights project For Human Rights Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original…

Boris Altshuler: Appeal to the President of Russia on Memorial, Torture, Children and Other Matters

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 14, 2021
Post category:Boris Altshuler Foreign Agent Law Human Rights Defenders International Memorial Judicial System Law Enforcement Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Police Putin
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30 November 2021 Pictured: Boris Altshuler, head of Right of the Child, a regional NGO for the protection of children's rights, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki…

Read more about the article Pavel Chikov: For the first time in many years, there has been an increase in the number of law enforcement officers convicted of torture in Russia

Pavel Chikov: For the first time in many years, there has been an increase in the number of law enforcement officers convicted of torture in Russia

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 3, 2021
Post category:Human Rights Lawyers Pavel Chikov Penitentiary System Police Prisons Prohibition of Torture
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25 October 2021 By Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora international human rights group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: t.me/pchikov] The Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian…

Legal Case of the Week: Actress who took part in video satirizing police jailed for three months

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 23, 2021
Post category:Larisa Krivonosova Legal Case of the Week Police
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Week-ending 22 October 2021 Photo: VL.RU Larisa Krivonosova, an actress who took part in a video satirizing the police, has been sentenced to three months in jail. Initially she was…

Read more about the article Person of the Week: Artist Ilya Pershin given three-year sentence for alleged assault on a police officer at a peaceful protest in support of Navalny

Person of the Week: Artist Ilya Pershin given three-year sentence for alleged assault on a police officer at a peaceful protest in support of Navalny

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:September 11, 2021
Post category:Freedom of Assembly Ilya Pershin Person of the Week Police Politically Motivated Prosecutions Right of assembly
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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…