Pre-Trial Detention

Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky: In place of an amnesty [Novaya gazeta]

Leonid Nikitinsky: In place of an amnesty [Novaya gazeta]

27 February 2025 In the wake of Parliament’s approval of a law on “humanization of pre-trial measures,” it is now proposed that some pretrial detention centres be transferred into the…

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Read more about the article Anna Karetnikova: ‘Alice froze. She had never heard of this “kazatyrka-mazatyrka” before’

Anna Karetnikova: ‘Alice froze. She had never heard of this “kazatyrka-mazatyrka” before’

29 November 2024 by Anna Karetnikova Source: Facebook A story from seven years ago in the Matrosskaya Tishina detention facility about how I learned a new word, and how it…

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Read more about the article Valery Borshchev et al: Open Letter on the necessity of an amnesty and the release of people in custody in connection with the emergency

Valery Borshchev et al: Open Letter on the necessity of an amnesty and the release of people in custody in connection with the emergency

6 April 2020 Pictured (left): Valery Borshchev, co-chair of Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source:  Ekho Moskvy] OPEN LETTER The pandemic has posed a serious threat to…

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