The Pushkin Club. An evening with Anna Politkovskaya Award winners: Svetlana Gannushkina and Tetiana Sokolova

Tuesday, 14 March 2023 The Pushkin Club, Rights in Russia and RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in War) invite you to an evening with Svetlana Gannushkina and Tetiana Sokolova, the winners of the Anna Politkovskaya Award.…

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Svetlana Gannushkina Right Livelihood Award 2016 Stockholm 11 / 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt

Podcast: Then & Now #2 – Teresa Cherfas in conversation with Svetlana Gannushkina

20 February 2023 by Teresa Cherfas Welcome to the second episode of our new Russian-language podcast Then & Now with me, Teresa Cherfas.   After the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24,…

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Ministry of Justice labels Svetlana Gannushkina a ‘foreign agent’

23 December 2022 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group The Russian government department responsible for maintaining the ‘foreign agent’ register has added several more individuals and organisations to its list, including Svetlana…

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Svetlana Gannushkina: It’s not only the people we help who thank us, but also the people to whom we give the opportunity to help

Svetlana Gannushkina Right Livelihood Award 2016 Stockholm 11 / 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt 11 June 2022 Svetlana Gannushkina in conversation with Svetlana Prokudina. The original text includes the asterisks '*****'.…

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“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Svetlana Gannushkina 25 questions

Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Svetlana Gannushkina, chair of the Civic Assistance Committee and director of the Migration and Law Network of the Memorial Human…

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New threats to Russian civil society: Human rights activists appeal to representatives of the Council of Europe

24 January 2021 Request for an urgent critical reaction within the Council of Europe to the adoption of new repressive laws in the Russian Federation that further restrict the activities…

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‘The Federal Security Service should be eliminated in its present form.’ Statement by human rights activists on Day of the Chekist, 20 December

Pictured: Lev Ponomarev, executive director of For Human Rights, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group 19 December 2020 By Lev Ponomarev, executive director of For Human Rights, Valery Borshchev, co-chair…

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Read more about the article Podcast No. 45: Simon & Sergei – with Svetlana Gannushkina
Svetlana Gannushkina Right Livelihood Award 2016 Stockholm 11 / 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt

Podcast No. 45: Simon & Sergei – with Svetlana Gannushkina

Svetlana Gannushkina Right Livelihood Award 2016 Stockholm 11 / 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt This week our guest is Svetlana Alekseevna Gannushkina, human rights defender, chair of the Civic Assistance Committee,…

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Svetlana Gannushkina: The pandemic facilitated the release of 50% of migrants from Centres for the Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens

27 July 2020 Svetlana Gannushkina, head of Memorial Human Rights Centre's Migration and Law Network, head of the Civic Assistance Committee, and a laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize,…

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