Statements Archives - Rights in Russia

Statement on the searches of civil activists in Perm

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 30, 2023
Post category:International Memorial Memorial Perm Perm Centre for Historical Memory Perm Memorial Politically Motivated Prosecutions Right of Association Rights Groups in Russia Statements
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20 May 2023 Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory On 19 May 2023, law enforcement officials came to the apartments of our esteemed colleagues: Nadezhda Agisheva, Tatyana Margolina, Svetlana Makovetskaya,…

Free Aleksandr Chernyshov! Statement by Perm Memorial

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 12, 2023
Post category:Aleksandr Chernyshov Human Rights Defenders Perm Perm Centre for Historical Memory Perm Centre of Historical Memory Perm Memorial Politically Motivated Prosecutions Right to a Fair Trial Rights Groups in Russia Statements
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7 May 2023 Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory We, members of Memorial, consider the detention and remanding in custody of our colleague, Aleksandr Chernyshov, a long-time member of Perm…

Read more about the article ‘We ask the international community to support Zhenya and Svetlana.’ Press release on the prosecution of Evgeniya Berkovitch and Svetlana Petriichuk

‘We ask the international community to support Zhenya and Svetlana.’ Press release on the prosecution of Evgeniya Berkovitch and Svetlana Petriichuk

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 10, 2023
Post category:Artists Freedom of Expression Individuals Statements The Arts
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Eugenia Berkovitch and Svetlana Petriichuk 9 May 2023 by Nana Grinstein, Nika Parkhomovskaya and Yury Shekhvatov This press release is published in the original English On May 4, 2023, Russian…

Statement by the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders in Support of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 26, 2023
Post category:EU-Russia Civil Society Forum Rights Groups in Russia Statements Undesirable Foreign Organisations Law
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12 April 2023 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group On 11 April 2023, the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office declared the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum “undesirable” for Russia. We are outraged by this…

Journalists and human rights activists demand the release of Vladimir Kara-Murza [Spektr]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 11, 2023
Post category:Freedom of Expression Individuals Political Prisoners Politically Motivated Prosecutions Politicians Right of Association Right to a Fair Trial Statements Undesirable Foreign Organisations Law Vladimir Kara-Murza
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10 April 2023 ‘What is in actual fact a life sentence, monstrous in its cruelty, for words he spoke against the war.’ Source: Spektr Journalists and human rights defenders have…

Statement by the Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders on the authorities’ intention to close down the Moscow Helsinki Group

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 3, 2023
Post category:Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders Human Rights Defenders Individuals Moscow Helsinki Group Putin Putinism Right of Association Statements Vladimir Putin
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20 December 2022 This statement is produced or circulated or concerns the activities of the following organisations and individuals: Citizens Watch (Saint-Petersburg), Civic Assistance, Galina Arapova, Mass Media Defence Centre,…

Members of the Russian Anti-War Committee on the Shutting Down of the Moscow Helsinki Group

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 27, 2022
Post category:Anti-War Commitee Moscow Helsinki Group Putin Putinism Right of Association Statements Vladimir Putin
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26 December 2022 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group The Russian authorities are closing down and outlawing the country's oldest human rights organization, the Moscow Helsinki Group. For several decades the Moscow…

“Don’t shoot!” Statement calling for a halt to the war.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 25, 2022
Post category:Novaya gazeta Statements Ukraine War
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20 April 2022 Representatives of the Russian intelligentsia write an open letter calling for a halt to the war. At least for a few days. Source: Novaya gazeta Holy Week…

Moscow Helsinki Group members: We believe it is especially important to protect human rights defenders and journalists

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 18, 2022
Post category:Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defenders Journalists Moscow Helsinki Group Rights Groups in Russia Statements Ukraine War
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13 April 2022 Public appeal by members of the Moscow Helsinki Group to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General's Office 13 Apr 2022 Source: Moscow…

Statement by a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni of Moscow State University against the war

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 14, 2022
Post category:Moscow State University Moscow State University Group Against the War Statements Ukraine War
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The logo of Moscow State University, Russia's oldest university 5 March 2022 Source: Moscow State University group against the war We, students, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Russia's…