Statement by the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders in Support of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum

12 April 2023  Source: Moscow Helsinki Group On 11 April 2023, the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office declared the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum “undesirable” for Russia. We are outraged by this…

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Statement by the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders on the authorities’ intention to close down the Moscow Helsinki Group

20 December 2022 This statement is produced or circulated or concerns the activities of the following organisations and individuals: Citizens Watch (Saint-Petersburg), Civic Assistance, Galina Arapova, Mass Media Defence Centre,…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: The police station had gone into ‘lock down’ immediately they found out a lawyer and a journalist had arrived.

11 April 2022 Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Facebook This evening the lawyer Vadim Prokhorov and I both approached the Khamovniki police station on foot at the same time but from opposite…

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Statement by the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders: A Humanitarian Manifesto

24 March 2022 by the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders We have decided to establish the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders, which would continue the work of the…

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