Memorial Human Rights Centre: Four editors of the student magazine DOXA are political prisoners

29 Apriul 2021 Journalists Armen Aramyan, Alla Gutnikova, Vladimir Metelkin, and Natalya Tyshkevich have been charged with involving minors in protests on the basis of a video that called for…

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Olga Misik’s speech in court: “You are not passing this judgment on me – you are passing it on yourself.”

2 May 2021 Yuly Rybakov: This girl has turned 20 years old. Olga Misik became famous after the summer 2019 protests around the Moscow City Duma elections, where she read…

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Karinna Moskalenko on the prosecution of Ivan Pavlov: Hands off our lawyers! Hands off our human rights!

3 May 2021 Pictured: Karina Moskalenko, lawyer, international jurist, and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group an extract from 'Зачистка по всем фронтам' Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Radio…

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Memorial Human Rights Centre: Andrei Kazimirov, a Belarusian citizen facing deportation from Russia for participating in anti-Lukashenko protests, is a political prisoner.

30 April 2021 Andrei Kazimirov was detained in Moscow and remanded in custody on charges brought by the Belarusian authorities of rioting  Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial Human Rights…

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“He is in serious danger.” On the arrest of lawyer Ivan Pavlov

30 April 2021 In the photo: Genri Reznik, lawyer, vice-president of the Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and member of the Presidential Human Rights…

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Memorial Human Rights Centre: Valery Evsin is a political prisoner

27 April 2021 According to the Investigative Committee, Valery Evsin pushed a metal barrier towards a police officer. Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial Human Rights Centre considers Valery Evsin…

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Legal Case of the Week: The Moscow trial of Misik, Vorobevsky and Basharimov on charges of vandalizing public buildings

Week-ending 7 May 2021 Olga Misik, Ivan Vorobyevsky and Igor Basharimov are on trial in a Moscow court charged with vandalizing government buildings under Article 214, Part 2, of the…

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Quote for the Week. “Amnesty International has decided to re-designate Alexei Navalny as a ‘Prisoner of Conscience’.” – Amnesty International

Week-ending 7 May 2021 "Following careful evaluation Amnesty International has decided to re-designate Alexei Navalny as a 'Prisoner of Conscience'. [...] Alexei Navalny has not been imprisoned for any recognizable crime, but…

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OVD-Info: Statement on the prosecution of Ivan Pavlov and Team 29

Ivan Pavlov of Team 29 30 April 2021 Source: OVD-Info Today our colleague Ivan Pavlov, the head of Team 29, was detained. A search is being conducted in the organisation’s…

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