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

‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Mezhdit Ablyamitov is a political prisoner

2 March 2023 Mezhdit Ablyamitov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of participating in the Crimean Tatar battalion Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Rustem Osmanov is a political prisoner

20 February 2023 Rustem Osmanov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony after conviction on charges of participating in the Crimean Tatar battalion Source: Political Prisoners.…

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This time, though, we are leaving something else—a piece from our (now seized) office with the Memorial logo.

Katyn: April 2023

11 May 2023 Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory Every April we try to go to the Katyn memorial complex in Smolensk Oblast to remember the Polish prisoners of war…

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Free Aleksandr Chernyshov! Statement by Perm Memorial

7 May 2023 Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory We, members of Memorial, consider the detention and remanding in custody of our colleague, Aleksandr Chernyshov, a long-time member of Perm…

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Dmitry Makarov: Concluding Remarks at the Trial on the Liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group

5 May 2023 By Dmitry Makarov, co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group as of 27 April 2023 Source: Facebook Respected court (I address you this way because I maintain my…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Crimean activist Irina Danilovich is a political prisoner

17 February 2023 Irina Danilovich was sentenced to seven years in a Russian penal colony on charges of possessing explosives Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ an independent human…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Ruslan Abdurakhmanov, convicted of participating in an illegal armed group, is a political prisoner

10 February 2023 Ruslan Abdurakhmanov was sentenced to five years in a strict regime penal colony for involvement in the Chelebidzhikhan Volunteer Battalion. Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Kazan resident Ruslan Ilyasov convicted of participating in Hizb ut-Tahrir is a political prisoner

7 February 2023 Ruslan Ilyasov was sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment for ‘terrorist’ offences Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ a human rights project, considers Kazan resident Ruslan Ilyasov…

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