Ivan Pavlov on mobilization: ‘The authorities will round up whoever they can catch. They’ll take whoever they can, either by persuasion or by force.’

21 September 2022 an interview with Ivan Pavlov, human rights lawyer and recipient of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize for human rights Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Холод] On 20…

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Ivan Pavlov: Scientists are easy prey for our special services [Present Tense]

1 July 2022 The human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov, a laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize for human rights, in conversation with Irina Pomaliiskaya of Present Tense about the…

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Ivan Pavlov: Remember that expressing one’s opinion does not constitute high treason. But there are enough other repressive laws out there

28 February 2022 by Ivan Pavlov Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Advokatskaya Ulitsa] On Sunday, the General Prosecutor’s Office announced that “rendering financial and other assistance to a foreign…

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Ivan Pavlov: The Network case – why Russia’s courts don’t believe complaints of torture

13 February 2020 Ivan Pavlov is a lawyer, director of Team 29 and  winner of a Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: РБК] As the “Network” case has shown,…

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