“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Aleksei Sokolov 25 questions

Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week answering his 25 questions is Aleksei Sokolov, a prisoners' rights activist from Ekaterinburg who heads the human rights NGO Legal Basis (Pravovaya osnova). You…

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Lev Ponomarev: Information on the epidemiological situation in penitentiary facilities should be made public

18 April 2020 Lev Ponomarev, head of For Human Rights, a human rights NGO, and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы, 18.04.2020] We…

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Podcast Simon & Sergei: Rights in Russia week-ending 7 February 2020 – with Aleksei Sokolov

This week Simon and Sergei are joined by Aleksei Sokolov (pictured right), human rights defender from Ekaterinburg and who heads the rights group Pravovaya osnova.  Listen to the Podcast here. You…

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