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OVD-Info: UN calls on Russia to repeal laws on ‘foreign agents’, ‘fake news’, and discrediting the Army

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 8, 2022
Post category:Facial Recognition Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Assembly Freedom of Expression OVD-Info Right of Association Rights Groups in Russia UN Human Rights Committee Undesirable Foreign Organisations Law United Nations
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4 November 2022 Source: OVD-Info The UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) has published its concluding observations on the human rights situation in Russia, in which it called for the…

A new stage of repression: Ekaterina Schulmann on the Kremlin’s changing approach to silencing dissent [Meduza]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:July 19, 2022
Post category:Ekaterina Schulmann Ekaterina Shulman Foreign Agent Law Individuals Meduza Political Scientists Putinism Ukraine Vladimir Putin War
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18 July 2022 On July 15, a judge in Komsomolsk-on-Amur acquitted artist and LGBT activist Yulia Tsvetkova after three years of legal proceedings. Tsvetkova was accused of “distributing pornography” after she published drawings of…

Leonid Gozman: “Your Honour, the current leadership is already doomed”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:July 11, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Expression Judicial System Leonid Gozman Politicians
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30 June 2022 On 30 June, in Zamoskvoretsky District Court, Moscow, Leonid Gozman pursued Russia’s Ministry of Justice, which not long before had designated him a ‘foreign agent’. We report…

Read more about the article Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Barnaul journalist Maria Ponomarenko is a political prisoner

Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Barnaul journalist Maria Ponomarenko is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:July 11, 2022
Post category:Freedom of Expression Maria Ponomarenko Memorial Human Rights Centre Politically Motivated Prosecutions Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Ukraine War
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27 May 2022 She has been remanded in custody on charges of disseminating ‘fake news’ about the Russian army in a Telegram post about the deaths of Mariupol residents Source:…

Read more about the article Sergei Babinets: In the light of recent events […] there will be no payments, naturally, just as there will be no changes when it comes to liberalizing legislation on civil society organizations

Sergei Babinets: In the light of recent events […] there will be no payments, naturally, just as there will be no changes when it comes to liberalizing legislation on civil society organizations

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 15, 2022
Post category:Committee Against Torture European Court of Human Rights Foreign Agent Law Human Rights Defenders Right of Association Sergei Babinets
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14 June 2022 by Sergei Babinets, a human rights lawyer who until recently was chair person of the Committee Against Torture. He currently heads the Team against Torture Source: Facebook…

Read more about the article Sergei Babinets: Evidently, the regime is signaling that torture is becoming (or has become) a part of state policy and is not a problem

Sergei Babinets: Evidently, the regime is signaling that torture is becoming (or has become) a part of state policy and is not a problem

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 15, 2022
Post category:Committee Against Torture Foreign Agent Law Human Rights Defenders Sergei Babinets
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12 June 2022 by Sergei Babinets, a human rights lawyer who until recently was chair person of the Committee Against Torture. He currently heads the Team against Torture Facebook, 12…

An interview with Lev Ponomarev: ‘The skin we have that stops us becoming beasts is too thin’ [Cherta]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 20, 2022
Post category:For Human Rights Foreign Agent Law Human Rights Defenders Lev Ponomarev Ukraine War
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12 May 2022 Lev Ponomarev in conversation with Irina Snegovskaya. An extract from 'У людей слишком тонкая кожа, спасающая человека от зверя,' Cherta, 12 May 2022. Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

Read more about the article ‘A list of enemies of the people.’ Now anyone can become a foreign agent in Russia. An interview with Galina Arapova [Radio Svoboda]

‘A list of enemies of the people.’ Now anyone can become a foreign agent in Russia. An interview with Galina Arapova [Radio Svoboda]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 5, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Expression Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Lawyers Mass Media Defence Centre Media Radio Svoboda
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28 April 2022 Extracts from an interview with media lawyer Galina Arapova by Alina Pinchuk and Liubov Chizhova Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Radio Svoboda] A comprehensive register of foreign…

Maksim Krupsky on the dangers presented by the new bill on ‘foreign agents’ [Advokatskaya ulitsa]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 3, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Freedom of Expression Human Rights Lawyers Individuals Maksim Krupsky Right of Association
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26 April 2022 'The final solution to the ‘foreign agents' issue' - Advokatskaya ultisa interviews lawyer Maksim Krupsky Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Advokatskaya ulitsa] At the beginning of…

Memorial Human Rights Centre: Statement on our liquidation

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 18, 2022
Post category:Foreign Agent Law Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Rights Groups in Russia
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5 April 2022 Statement by the members of the board of Memorial Human Rights Centre Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Today, on 5 April 2022, Memorial Human Rights Centre will…