Press releases, weekly bulletins and other publications by human rights organisations in Russia

‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Crimean resident Marlen Mustafaev, convicted of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, is a political prisoner

22 December 2022 Marlen Mustafaev has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in accordance with international standards, considers Crimean…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Moscow activist Mikhail Kriger is a political prisoner

8 December 2022 Mikhail Kriger is accused of justifying terrorism in an online post from two years ago. Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’ considers…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Performance artist Pavel Krisevich is a political prisoner

23 December 2022 Krisevich has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony for his ‘suicide’ performance on Red Square Source: Political Prisoners Memorial The human rights project, ‘Political…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: St. Petersburg political scientist Evgeny Bestuzhev is a political prisoner

10 November 2022 Evgeny Bestuzhev has been remanded in custody for anti-war posts on the VK social network Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial On 9 November 2022, law enforcement officers searched…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Three participants in Mayakovsky Square poetry readings are political prisoners

7 December 2023 Artem Kamardin, Nikolai Daineko and Egor Shtovba are being prosecuted for reading anti-war poetry Source: Politial Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’ considers Artem…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 295: Military censorship gets tougher

4 March 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Journalist Ivan Safronov is a political prisoner

28 November 2022 Ivan Safronov has been sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony on a trumped up charge of treason Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 294: A year of full-scale war

25 February 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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