5 January 2021 Lev Ponomarev, chair of the nationwide human rights NGO, For Human Rights, and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] "THIS…
Week-ending 25 December 2020 This week on 23 December 2020 the State Duma approved a bill in its third and final reading amending the so-called 'foreign agent' law to increase…
23 November 2020 50 leading Russian NGOs appeal to UN Special Rapporteurs over tightening of Russian legislation on NGOs. Source: Moscow Helsinki Group A group of 50 leading Russian non-governmental…
3 December 2020 Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya gazeta correspondent, member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights and Civil Society, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human Rights Source:…
Week-ending 11 December 2020 This week there were two rulings of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to Russia finding violations of Article 8 (respect for private and…
Week-ending 27 November 2020 A bill introduced last week into the State Duma that introduces many new restrictions on civil society groups in Russia has continued to attract strong criticism…
17 November 2020 an interview with Oleg Orlov, board member at Memorial Human Rights Centre, by Deutsche Welle Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Deutsche Welle] The Russian State Duma may …
11 November 2020 By Tatyana Glushkova, lawyer, Memorial Human Rights Centre: Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: facebook.com/glush.tat] Yesterday the Government of the Russian Federation submitted to the State Duma a…
Week-ending 20 November 2020 Natalia Prilutskaya. Photo: Twitter “If adopted, the bill will drastically limit and damage the work not only of civil society organizations that receive funds from outside…
Week-ending 13 November 2020 On 19 November 2020 a bill was introduced into the State Duma that would impose additional restrictions on civil society organisations designated as 'foreign agents,' increasing…