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Read more about the article Aleksandr Podrabinek: One against the System. Vladimir Kara-Murza at the sharp end of the confrontation

Aleksandr Podrabinek: One against the System. Vladimir Kara-Murza at the sharp end of the confrontation

11 October 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV War unleashes violence. Military personnel are allowed to kill with impunity, law enforcement officials are allowed to hand out punishments without regard…

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Read more about the article Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial: On the conviction and sentencing of Ivan Safronov

Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial: On the conviction and sentencing of Ivan Safronov

6 September 2022 On 5 September 2022, Moscow City Court sentenced journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years in prison on charges of treason.  Source: Telegram  The blatantly unlawful verdict mechanically…

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Read more about the article Ivan Pavlov: Scientists are easy prey for our special services [Present Tense]

Ivan Pavlov: Scientists are easy prey for our special services [Present Tense]

1 July 2022 The human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov, a laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize for human rights, in conversation with Irina Pomaliiskaya of Present Tense about the…

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Read more about the article Ivan Pavlov: Remember that expressing one’s opinion does not constitute high treason. But there are enough other repressive laws out there

Ivan Pavlov: Remember that expressing one’s opinion does not constitute high treason. But there are enough other repressive laws out there

28 February 2022 by Ivan Pavlov Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Advokatskaya Ulitsa] On Sunday, the General Prosecutor’s Office announced that “rendering financial and other assistance to a foreign…

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Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky speaks with Ivan Pavlov about new government guidelines on classified information

Leonid Nikitinsky speaks with Ivan Pavlov about new government guidelines on classified information

4 November 2021 by Leonid Nikitinsky, columnist for Novaya Gazeta, member of the Presidential Human Rights Council, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize, interviews human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov,…

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Read more about the article Legal Case of the Week. Ivan Safronov faces new charges, placed in solitary confinement

Legal Case of the Week. Ivan Safronov faces new charges, placed in solitary confinement

Week-ending 5 November 2021 On 2 November 2021 it became known that Ivan Safronov, held on remand on charges of high treason, has been charged additionally with passing classified information…

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Read more about the article Valery Borshchev on the dangers of broadening the legal interpretation of treason against the state

Valery Borshchev on the dangers of broadening the legal interpretation of treason against the state

2 March 2021 Pictured is co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group Valery Borshchev Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Национальная служба новостей]   Sergei Mironov, leader of the 'A Just…

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