1.0Rights in Russiahttps://www.rightsinrussia.orgRights in Russiahttps://www.rightsinrussia.org/author/simonrightsinrussia-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podcast-simon-sergei-25-september-2020/">Podcast No. 39. Simon & Sergei – with Aleksandr Cherkasov</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podcast-simon-sergei-25-september-2020/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Podcast No. 39. Simon & Sergei – with Aleksandr Cherkasov” — Rights in Russia" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>http://www.rightsinrussia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/105973290_2990301894529679_1327661557825811594_o.jpg6281268This week our guest is Aleksandr Vladimirovich Cherkasov, chair of the board of Memorial Human Rights Centre. Aleksandr Vladimirovich is an 'engineer physicist' by education. An activist with Memorial since 1989, since 1991 he has worked at Memorial Human Rights Centre specialising in the investigation of the observance of human rights and humanitarian law in various "hot spots", including Chechnya.