‘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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‘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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‘Memorial. Political Prisoners’: Muscovite Aleksandr Gedzhadze, convicted in Belarus of disorderly conduct, is a political prisoner

21 November 2022 Aleksandr Gedzhadze, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a Belarusian court, will serve his sentence in Russia Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners.…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Four Muslims from Kazan are political prisoners

30 November 2022 Rail Abdrakhmanov, Vyacheslav Vankov, Lenar Mukhamadeev and Ilsur Galeev were sentenced to terms of imprisonment from 11 to 18 years for involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Political…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Aleksei Semenov, an environmental activist from Komi prosecuted for ‘repeatedly discrediting’ the army, is a political prisoner

14 November 2023 The case against Aleksei Semenov was initiated for anti-war posts he published on the VK social media platform Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Farit Sharifullin is a political prisoner

23 November 2023 Farit Sharifullin faces a sentence of up to life imprisonment on charges related to alleged involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir.  Source: Telegram The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners.…

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