Person of the Week: Aleksandr Gabyshev
Week-ending 3 December 2021 Amnesty International has turned to the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples regarding the situation faced by a Yakut shaman who is being held…
Law of the Week: ‘Foreign agent’ law applied to media outlets Meduza and PASMI.
Week-ending 30 April 2021 On 23 April 2021 the Russian authorities added the media outlets Meduza and PASMI to the list of 'foreign agent' media organisations under Russia's 'foreign agent'…
Fines for links with ‘foreign agents’? Galina Arapova explains
17 February 2021 Radio Liberty interviews Galina Arapova, director and chief lawyer of the Media Rights Centre, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group human rights award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…
Karinna Moskalenko on the Navalny case: A state must never openly violate rights guaranteed by the Convention, disregarding international standards
Karina Moskalenko. Photo: Anna Artemeva / Novaya Gazeta 17 February 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода] The European Court of Human Rights has demanded that Russia immediately release…
Person of the Week: Opposition activist Yevgeny Chupov receives refugee status in Bulgaria.
Week-ending 8 January 2021 Photo via RFE/RL Opposition activist Yevgeny Chupov, who fled Russia in 2019 fearing possible prosecution for his political activities, has received refugee status in Bulgaria. RFE/RL…
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Quote for the Week. Oleg Zykov: “By no means can policing functions and health-care functions be intermixed.” On the reintroduction of drunk tanks.
Week-ending 8 January 2021 Photo of Oleg Zykov: Wikipedia “By no means can policing functions and health-care functions be intermixed. As soon as they get mixed up, a sort of…