Press releases, weekly bulletins and other publications by human rights organisations in Russia
18 September 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…
11 September 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…
4 September 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…
30 August 2021 Senior citizen Yury Zhdanov has been held on remand for almost six months. The former civil servant is accused of assisting a person on the housing waiting…
12 August 2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre has recognized an additional 36 Jehovah's Witnesses as political prisoners and a further 91 Jehovah's Witnesses as victims of politically motivated prosecutions. Source:…
10 August 2021 Olga Bendas has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony for assaulting a police officer by ‘striking the officer’s bulletproof jacket and helmet.’ Source: Memorial…
2 August 2021 Federyakov has been held on remand for more than four months. Investigators assert he fired pepper spray at a riot police officer during the protests on 23…
1 August 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…
17 July 2021 Source: Facebook Statement by the Moscow PEN Centre and the Free Speech Association The attack on free speech and the erosion of the foundations of the journalistic…
19 July 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Фонтанка] The association of lawyers, lawyers and journalists known as Team 29 no longer exists. After the organisation's website was blocked, its…