Rights in Russia interview – with Anna Bowles on her recent trip to Ukraine

Mary Page talks with Anna Bowles, a freelance editor working for publishing houses in central London. Anna holds an MA in Russian Studies from the School of Slavonic and Eastern…

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Leonid Nikitinsky: Members of Human Rights Council ‘in exile’ send Council head Fadeev letter in defence of Evgeny Roizman

31 March 2023 by Leonid Nikitinsky, PhD in law, journalist, laureate of a Moscow Helsinki Group award. Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета. Европа] The clearly selective use of…

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Vladimir Kara-Murza: ‘This is not the 1970s. This is the 1930s.’

10 April 2023 Vladimir Kara-Murza, opposition politician and political prisoner: final address to the court Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета. Европа] Citizen Judges! I was sure that after…

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Witnesses Against War #15: Cock-the-Roach – the story of the monstrous nonentity, the petty, insecure, evil and vengeful dictator

24 June 2022 Source: Witnesses Against War Witnesses Against War is an anonymous international group of journalists, writers, historians and translators, who live in Moscow and London. For reasons of security,…

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Witnesses Against War #14: Architect, Moscow – ‘Say no to war!’

21 June 2022 Source: Witnesses Against War Witnesses Against War is an anonymous international group of journalists, writers, historians and translators, who live in Moscow and London. For reasons of security,…

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Witnesses Against War #12: Former Tour Guide, St. Petersburg. Now in Serbia

10 June 2022 Source: Witnesses Against War Witnesses Against War is an anonymous international group of journalists, writers, historians and translators, who live in Moscow and London. For reasons of security,…

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‘Political Prionsers. Memorial’: Opposition activist Aleksei Onoshkin from Nizhny Novgorod, remanded in custody for anti-war posts on the VK social media site, is a political prisoner 

6 February 2023 Aleksei Onoshkin has been charged with disseminating ‘fake news’ about the Russian army and public justification of terrorism Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ a human…

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