Press releases, weekly bulletins and other publications by human rights organisations in Russia
9 June 2021 Vadim Bektemirov has been charged with membership of a cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir and the recruitment of new members Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial Human Rights…
Continue Reading Memorial Human Rights Centre: Vadim Bektemirov, a religious leader from Simferopol accused of involvement in the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, is a political prisoner 11 June 2021 Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Late on the evening of 9 June Judge Vyacheslav Polyga sitting in Moscow City Court designated…
Continue Reading Memorial Human Rights Centre: Statement on the designation of civil society associations linked to Aleksei Navalny as extremist 12 June 2021 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…
Continue Reading OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 206: Extremism, looking to the past and the future. 5 June 2021 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…
Continue Reading OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 205: Open Russia locked away in jail 5 June 2021 Hi, it’s Artem Kutlovsky from Team 29! On 9 June, a court hearing in the case of FBK [the Anti-Corruption Foundation] will take place. We are continuing…
Continue Reading Team 29: 👔 Law in the grip of politics 3 June 2021 Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre At the end of May 2021 there were two landmark events regarding application of the legislation…
Continue Reading Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre: The ‘Window on Europe’ is closing 31 May 2021 Hi, it’s Dmitry Zair-Bek from Team 29 Our weekly newsletter is a little late. We decided to put it out today, and for good reason: 31 May…
Continue Reading Team 29: 🏆 Celebrating our warriors 21 May 2021 Aleksandr Shestun has been sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of large-scale fraud, money laundering, illegal business activity and receiving bribes Source:…
Continue Reading Memorial Human Rights Centre: Aleksandr Shestun, former head of Serpukhov district in Moscow Region, is a political prisoner 29 May 2021 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…
Continue Reading OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 204: Not every police officer goes unpunished 20 May 2021 The four residents of Crimea have been remanded in custody under articles of the Russian Criminal Code that deal with terrorism, although none of the four were…
Continue Reading Memorial Human Rights Centre: Four residents of Crimea, charged with involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, are political prisoners 
