“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Natalia Taubina 25 questions

Professor Bill Bowring's guest this week on "25 questions" is Natalia Taubina, a prominent Russian human rights activist. Natalia heads the Moscow-based Public Verdict Foundation that provides legal assistance to…

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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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Natalia Taubina: “If you take on the job, you take the responsibility.” Impressions from three days at the trial for torture in Yaroslavl prison colony No.1

22 October 2020 By Natalia Taubina, director of the Public Verdict Foundation, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы]  The closing arguments have…

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