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Read more about the article Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Vladimir Kara-Murza, a politician accused of spreading fake news about the Russian army, is a political prisoner

Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Vladimir Kara-Murza, a politician accused of spreading fake news about the Russian army, is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 28, 2022
Post category:Freedom of Expression Memorial Human Rights Centre Politically Motivated Prosecutions Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Ukraine Vladimir Kara-Murza War
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20 May 2022 The trigger for the criminal prosecution was a speech by Kara-Murza to the Arizona House of Representatives Source: Human Rights Project 'Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial' The…

Read more about the article Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: A member of a Moscow district council, remanded in custody for distributing ‘fake news’ about the Russian army, is a political prisoner

Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: A member of a Moscow district council, remanded in custody for distributing ‘fake news’ about the Russian army, is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 28, 2022
Post category:Aleksei Gorinov Elena Kotenochkina Freedom of Expression Memorial Human Rights Centre Politically Motivated Prosecutions Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Ukraine War
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23 May 2022 Members of Moscow’s Krasnoselsky district municipal council, Aleksei Gorinov and Elena Kotenochkina spoke out against the war on Ukraine at a meeting of the council. They now…

Aleksandr Baeva on protest in modern Russia. What is ‘discrediting the army’? What can you be charged for?

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 20, 2022
Post category:Aleksandra Baeva Cherta Freedom of Expression Human Rights Lawyers OVD-Info Ukraine War
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1 June 2022 an interview with Aleksandr Baeva, a lawyer with OVD-Info Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Cherta] Since the end of February, more than 16,000 people have been…

Read more about the article Memorial Human Rights Centre: Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Esipenko, convicted in Crimea, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre: Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Esipenko, convicted in Crimea, is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 6, 2022
Post category:Crimea Freedom of Expression Memorial Human Rights Centre Politically Motivated Prosecutions Rights Groups in Russia Ukraine Vladislav Esipenko
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25 March 2022 Esipenko has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony on charges of possessing a grenade Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Memorial Human Rights Centre, in…

OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 255: Discredit!

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 30, 2022
Post category:Freedom of Expression OVD-Info Rights Groups in Russia Ukraine War
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28 May 2022 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

Dmitry Dubrovsky: “My dismissal is a triumph for the closed, non-transparent system”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 19, 2022
Post category:Academics Dmitry Dubrovsky Freedom of Expression Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion Ukraine War
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16 May 2022 by Anton Zhezmer a translation of 'Интеллектуальная катастрофа. Как в России сворачиваются академические свободы', Север.Реалии, 16 May 2022 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Север.Реалии] Russian higher education…

Oleg Orlov: “I was merely stating a terrible truth: in our country, fascism has triumphed”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 16, 2022
Post category:Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defenders Oleg Orlov Politically Motivated Prosecutions Putin Putinism Ukraine Vladimir Putin War Полный ПЦ 2.0
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12 May 2022 On 29 April 2022, Oleg Orlov and Irina Galkova were detained in Red Square while staging an anti-war picket. Oleg is a former employee of the now-liquidated…

Aleksei Gorinov: “I’m being put on trial for stating my opinion”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 13, 2022
Post category:Aleksei Gorinov Civil Society Activists Facebook Freedom of Expression Politically Motivated Prosecutions Ukraine War
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Photo source: Kasparov.ru 6 May 2022 A letter from the pre-trial detention centre by Aleksei Gorinov, a deputy on the local council of Moscow’s Krasnoselsky district, who was arrested for…

Vladimir Kara-Murza: ‘You can’t be silent. All the evil in the world is done with the consent of those who keep silent.’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 10, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Civil Society Activists Freedom of Expression Politically Motivated Prosecutions Ukraine Vladimir Kara-Murza War
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Source: Wikipedia 6 May 2022 A letter from Vladimir Kara-Murza from the pre-trial detention centre Source: Facebook [Yuri Dzhibladze] Dear Friends, Greetings to all from Moscow pre-trial detention centre №…

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 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…