Weekly Update week-ending 29 January 2021Donate: Support Us!Our publications of the past weekRights in Russia week-ending 29 January 2021Podcast No. 57: Simon & Sergei – with Aleksei MinyailoOVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 187: 4,033 arrested on 23 January – and countingTeam 29: “The fact is they didn’t hit her, they pushed her away by placing a foot against her stomach.”New threats to Russian civil society: Human rights activists appeal to representatives of the Council of Europe“One day the bubble will burst.” Andrei Makarevich on Navalny’s film and Russians’ apathyBoris Vishnevsky: “Those who serve the law rather than the authorities, and protect citizens from criminals rather than the government from citizens, do not need anonymity”An interview with Aleksandr Bekhtold: ‘Why Russian officials don’t need pictures of human rights defenders on billboards’ [7×7]“Don’t spend a single kopeck on the children of enemies of the people,” How victims of the Gulag are fighting for benefits, reparations and the right to go home‘The wait continues for the victims of repression. Vladimir Putin has been asked to guarantee access to social housing for former GULAG prisoners’ [Kommersant]Statement: Russian educators oppose law on educational activitiesMemorial Human Rights Centre: An activist prosecuted for publishing a video of a mock trial of Putin, Peskov and Sechin, is a political prisonerMemorial Human Rights Centre: Five Muslims from Chelyabinsk convicted for involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir are political prisonersTeresa Cherfas reviews ‘Zuleikha’ by Guzel Yakhina: “The scenarist’s quest for a good story […] has romanticised a period that was by any measure dehumanising and brutal.”Cameron Evans: Palaces and prisons – the Navalny case.Marjorie Farquharson: The Demise of the Russian President’s Pardons Commission (2002)Simon Cosgrove: A look back at the past week in RussiaPost author:Rights in RussiaPost published:February 2, 2021Post category:Weekly UpdatePost comments:0 Comments You Might Also Like Weekly Update [week-ending 9 September 2022] September 13, 2022 Weekly Update week-ending 23 April 2021 April 28, 2021 Weekly Update [week-ending 29 July 2022] August 2, 2022Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to commentEnter your email address to commentEnter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.