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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Crimean activist Irina Danilovich is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 4, 2023
Post category:Civil Society Activists Crimea Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners Political Prisoners. Memorial Politically Motivated Prosecutions Right to a Fair Trial Rights Groups in Russia Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Ukraine
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17 February 2023 Irina Danilovich was sentenced to seven years in a Russian penal colony on charges of possessing explosives Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ an independent human…

Dmitry Ivanov: Final Statement in Court

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 4, 2023
Post category:Civil Society Activists Dmitry Ivanov Individuals Politically Motivated Prosecutions Ukraine War
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1 March 2023 This translation of Dmitry Ivanov's final statement at his trial is taken from the Telegram channel Prison_MSU and is reproduced here by kind permission. Source: Prison_MSU I…

Mikhail Savva: On Rashism, or what doesn’t officially exist – Russian state ideology

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 31, 2023
Post category:Academics Civil Society Activists Human Rights Defenders Individuals Mikhail Savva Putin Putinism Ukraine Vladimir Putin War
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30 January 2023 by Mikhail Savva, doctor of political sciences, professor, member of the expert council of the Center for Civil Liberties / Центр Громадянських Свобод Source: Website of Mikhail…

Read more about the article Sergei Parkhomenko: ‘But we’ll survive it all. We’ll live to see another day […] And Memorial will return to its home and continue its work.’

Sergei Parkhomenko: ‘But we’ll survive it all. We’ll live to see another day […] And Memorial will return to its home and continue its work.’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 10, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Activists Individuals International Memorial Journalists Memorial Memorial Research and Education Centre Right of Association Sergei Parkhomenko
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25 September - 8 October 2022 by Sergei Parkhomenko, journalist, civil society activist Source: Facebook 25 September 2022, Facebook Well, there you have it! A Last Address in France, too.…

Sergei Parkhomenko: ‘I do not encourage banditry, armed robbery, marauding, or mercenaries.’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 9, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Activists Facebook Human Rights Defenders Individuals Journalists Military Putin Putinism Sergei Parkhomenko Ukraine Vladimir Putin War
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Sergei Parkhomenko: Wikipedia 26 September and 3 October 2022 Two recent posts on Facebook by Sergei Parkhomenko, journalist and civil society activist Source: Facebook 26 September 2022, Facebook Here is…

Aleksandra Krylenkova: ‘You can kill, beat, torture, seize and imprison a person. But you can’t make a person fight.’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 4, 2022
Post category:Aleksandra Krylenkova Civil Society Civil Society Activists Facebook Human Rights Defenders Individuals Military Putin Putinisn St. Petersburg Ukraine Vladimir Putin War
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Sasha Krylenkova: Facebook Aleksandra (Sasha) Krylenkova is a human rights activist from St. Petersburg who has worked with Memorial and served as a member of the board of that organisation.…

Aleksei Gorinov’s final speech in court: ‘The least I can do is to say things as they truly are.’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 3, 2022
Post category:Aleksei Gorinov Civil Society Activists Individuals Political Prisoners Politically Motivated Prosecutions Right to a Fair Trial Telegram Ukraine War
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19 September 2022 by Aleksei Gorinov, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Telegram] Closing speech in court Seven years of imprisonment. Is that long or…

Eva Merkacheva: Dismantling the Public Oversight Commissions – Torture’s supporters are now the public defenders

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 3, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Activists Eva Merkacheva Individuals Journalists MK Moskovsky komsomolets Penitentiary System Prisons Prohibition of Torture Public Oversight Commissions
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28 September 2022 by Eva Merkacheva, MK correspondent, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: MK] After facts of torture in the Saratov prison tuberculosis…

Fergus Wright: Partial mobilisation in Russia is a reminder that Anti-War efforts are more necessary than ever

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:September 26, 2022
Post category:Blogs Civil Society Civil Society Activists Fergus Wright Individuals Military Ukraine War
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26 September 2022 by Fergus Wright On the 21st of September, President Putin announced in a televised address that 300,000 reservists in Russia would be called upon to serve with…

Aleksei Gorinov’s Final Word

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:July 8, 2022
Post category:Aleksandr Podrabinek Aleksei Gorinov Civil Society Activists Facebook Freedom of Expression Individuals Political Prisoners Politically Motivated Prosecutions Ukraine War
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7 July 2022 Aleksei Gorinov’s Final Word Source: Aleksandr Podrabinek, Facebook The prosecution asked for 7 years in prison for Aleksei Gorinov. Today, on the eve of sentencing, he delivered…