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14 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
14 July 2017 Report: Russian Police Compel Young Demonstrators To Complete Questionnaire / In Disturbing Video, Men Beaten, Forced To Apologize To Daghestani Leader / Russian Court Rules Tatar Activist To Remain Under Police Control After Prison Release / Convicted Pokemon Go player added to terror blacklist / Chechnya's Kadyrov Criticizes Convictions Of Nemtsov Killers / Moscow Police Closes Investigation Into Green Paint Attack on Navalny / State Duma ratifies Convention on confiscation of proceeds from crime / Russian Police Vows to Prevent World Cup Fans Going Semi-Nude / Guards at Volgograd War Memorial Complain Of Hazing and Abuse / Advocates in Boris Nemtsov's murder case to challenge the verdict / Eyewitnesses report detentions of Makhachkala mosque-goers / Balagov announces screening of "Tesnota" in Nalchik
14 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
14 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
Thursday 13 July 2017
“Worse than prison”: Russian political prisoner Alexei Moroshkin on punitive psychiatry [OVD-Info] - Rights in Russia
OVD-Info interviews Alexei Moroshkin, who spent 18 months in compulsory psychiatric detention for his political views.
“Worse than prison”: Russian political prisoner Alexei Moroshkin on punitive psychiatry [OVD-Info] - Rights in Russia
“Worse than prison”: Russian political prisoner Alexei Moroshkin on punitive psychiatry [OVD-Info] - Rights in Russia
13 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
13 July 2017 Boris Nemtsov murder: Five Chechens jailed for attack / Putin Critic Navalny Says Security Service Tracking His Children / The Russian Federation’s Law on Foreign Agents contravenes human rights / European Commissioner believes Russian “foreign agents” law impedes human rights / Russia seeks ECHR ruling in Beslan terror attack case to be overturned / Russian human rights ombudsman seeks release of disabled convict / Russia weaponizes citizenship against Oleg Sentsov & other Crimean political prisoners / Founder of NGO-TV leaves Russia for present after arrest of presenter / Outrage after disabled Russian man jailed for assault / Court makes Boris Stomakhin's detention regime more severe / Independent psychologists not allowed visiting Boris Stomakhin, his defence reports / Rape victim's mother gives interview to "Caucasian Knot" blogger, ICRF starts criminal proceedings / Witness: Beaten by Police in Moscow
13 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
13 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
Wednesday 12 July 2017
12 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
12 July 2017 Ex-Yukos security chief sentenced to life appeals for pardon / State Duma adopts bill on status of meetings between imprisoned parents and their children / Prosecutor Seeks Lengthy Prison Terms For Nemtsov Slaying Convicts / Krasnoyarsk Police Focus On Navalny's National Campaign Director / Crimean Tatar activist abducted for solidarity, fined for ‘threatening the police’ / In Chechnya, relatives of detainees trust journalists' reports about executions / Gay 'Propaganda' Furor Brews Over Canceled Bolshoi Ballet About Nureyev
12 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
12 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
11 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
11 July 2017 Arrest and detention of journalist Aleksandr Batmanov / Russian Officials Request Jail Term for Navalny / Crackdown On Navalny Election Bid Continues As Krasnoyarsk Activist Detained / Protesting Torture, Inmate Asks Putin to Revoke His Citizenship / OSCE PA adopts resolution defending Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemning Russia’s hybrid warfare / Supreme Court of Adygea upholds foreign agent status for "EcoWatch" / Memorial Human Rights Centre says law enforcers ignore fates of missing people in Grozny / Human Rights Council receives responses from law enforcement about gays in Chechnya
11 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
11 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
Tuesday 11 July 2017
10 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
#NewsoftheDay 10 July 2017 - Russian
authorities must investigate new allegations of extrajudicial executions in
Chechnya / The Kremlin 'Notes' Fresh Allegations of Chechnya Killings / Russian
Paper Alleges Summary Executions In Chechnya/ St. Petersburg Church of
Scientology head to remain in detention / Russian minister may have intervened
over postponed Bolshoi ballet / Bolshoi Theater Postpones Premier of
Anticipated Ballet on Gay Dancer / Siemens in dispute with Russia over diverted
turbines / Russian Internet Pioneer Nosik Dead Of Suspected Heart Attack At 51
/ In Krasnodar, police seize newspapers from a volunteer of Alexei Navalny's
office / Navalny's office in Volgograd resumes work at new address / Dozens Of
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny's Campaign Workers Detained / State Duma
committee backs Convention on confiscation of proceeds from crime / Impunity
for Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev's murderers for four years already #RightsinRussia
authorities must investigate new allegations of extrajudicial executions in
Chechnya / The Kremlin 'Notes' Fresh Allegations of Chechnya Killings / Russian
Paper Alleges Summary Executions In Chechnya/ St. Petersburg Church of
Scientology head to remain in detention / Russian minister may have intervened
over postponed Bolshoi ballet / Bolshoi Theater Postpones Premier of
Anticipated Ballet on Gay Dancer / Siemens in dispute with Russia over diverted
turbines / Russian Internet Pioneer Nosik Dead Of Suspected Heart Attack At 51
/ In Krasnodar, police seize newspapers from a volunteer of Alexei Navalny's
office / Navalny's office in Volgograd resumes work at new address / Dozens Of
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny's Campaign Workers Detained / State Duma
committee backs Convention on confiscation of proceeds from crime / Impunity
for Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev's murderers for four years already #RightsinRussia
10 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
Monday 10 July 2017
Friday 7 July 2017
7 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
7 July 2017 - Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Released From Detention / Russian Pokemon Go Blogger Has Sentence Reduced / Navalny Volunteer Hospitalized After Police Altercation / Four Dead in Norilsk Nickel Mine Explosion / Imprisoned Crimean Tatar rights activist denied any visits from his family / Police refuse to investigate journalists' statements about attack in Makhachkala / Relatives report on kidnapping of Vladimir Region resident in Dagestan / "Novaya Gazeta" insists on detailed verification of information about gays in Chechnya
7 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
7 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
6 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
#NewsoftheDay 6 July 2017 Supporters Say Russian Police Raid Navalny Headquarters In Moscow, Elsewhere / Russian Hacker With Links To FSB Scandal Sentenced To Prison / Russian communications watchdog blocks several extremist websites / Kremlin announces President Putin's willingness to discuss problems of Chechen gays with Donald Trump / CPJ To Release Report On Ukrainian Probe Into Sheremet’s Death / A Nalchik hunger-striker complains about health deterioration #RightsinRussia
6 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
6 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
Thursday 6 July 2017
5 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
- 5 July 2017 - Suspects In Downing Of MH17 To Be Prosecuted In Dutch Court / Russian State TV Discovered Using Twitter Bots to Pose as Viewers / Russia’s trial of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov chokes on hilariously inept lies / Russia's children's rights commissioner expects Tkachenko case to be reviewed / Why Russia needs a feminist revolution / Manifestation of humanism: experts comment on pretrial restraint law / In Astrakhan, Court fines supporter of Alexei Navalny / MIA announces absence of claims against Murad Amriev / In Krasnodar, Alexei Navalny's office reports attack of President Putin's supporters / Sister of man sentenced for attack on Nalchik complains about his torture in penal colony
5 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
5 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
Tuesday 4 July 2017
4 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
4 July 2017 - Russia May Delay New Surveillance Legislation Until 2023 / ECtHR ruling on U.S. nationals’ complaint over Russian adoption ban takes effect / Teenager charged with violence against National Guard officer to stay under house arrest / Khiramagomed Magomedov sentenced to nine years in prison / Zaur Dadaev declares his innocence and describes his everyday life in prison
4 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
4 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
Monday 3 July 2017
3 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
3 July 2017 - Putin Signs Bill Authorizing Demolition of 4,500 Moscow Apartment Buildings / Bill on blocking mirror websites signed into law / Instagram users associate arson of judge's car in Makhachkala with her work / Rights defenders are sure of Ageyev's return to his homeland
3 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
3 July 2017 - Rights in Russia
Sunday 2 July 2017
Friday 30 June 2017
30 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
30 June 2017 - Open Russia Deputy Head Leaves Country, Citing Police Pressure / Russia Suspends Payments To Council Of Europe / Putin Extends Russia's Countersanctions On Western Food / Desperate Families Camp Out At Russian Building Site / Russia gives contradictory stories as mother of Russian soldier captured in Ukraine pleas for his release / Detained for protesting seizure of a children’s camp in Russian-occupied Crimea / Interior Ministry backs bill on cancellation of Russian citizenship for terrorists / Alleged author of video about demolition of houses in Chechnya released
30 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
30 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Thursday 29 June 2017
29 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
29 June 2017 - Chechen gang guilty of Nemtsov's murder / Telegram registers with Russian regulator / Navalny appeals against ruling in dispute with billionaire Usmanov / Russian Life Expectancy Hits Record High / 10% of Russian Struggling to Buy Food — Poll / Volgograd mother fined for her son's participation in anti-corruption rally / Savelieva complains to ECtHR about violation of her rights in Sochi
29 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
29 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Wednesday 28 June 2017
28 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
28 June 2017 - Russian activist Dadin seeks to increase compensation for unlawful prosecution / St. Petersburg court detains Hizb ut-Tahrir alleged member / Detention of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology executive upheld / Russia’s Federation Council Approves Plan To Raze Soviet-Era Apartment Blocks / Jury Deliberations Suspended In Case Of Accused Nemtsov Killers / Noted Russian Defense Lawyer Balks At Moscow Law School's Tribute To Stalin / Russian upper house backs bill on blocking mirror websites / Russian Senators Threaten Ban Foreign Media Clampdown / Family of Bekmurzaev, detained in Chechnya, unaware of his whereabouts
28 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
28 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Tuesday 27 June 2017
27 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
27 June 2017 - Jury Deliberating In Trial Of Accused Nemtsov Killers / Convicted Of Defamation, Former Kursk Oblast Lawmaker Remains Undaunted / United by persecution, Crimean Tatars celebrate National Flag Day
27 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
27 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Monday 26 June 2017
26 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
#NewsoftheDay 26 June 2017 - Russia targets Telegram app after St Petersburg bombing / Is the End Near for Telegram in Russia? / Moscow court approves settlement between Rosneft and RBC in defamation lawsuit / Russian court suspends activity of "Polish Community" Association / Probe into another participant of Moscow unauthorized rally completed / Historians associate prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev with ignorance of Adyg customs / On June 19-25, 2017, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus / Zhalaudi Geriev's complaint filed to ECtHR / Two persons killed in shootout in Khasavyurt
26 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
26 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Sunday 25 June 2017
Friday 23 June 2017
23 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
23 June 2017 - Alexei Navalny barred from Russia presidential poll / 'I Had to Breathe Through My Clothes': Russian Police Pepper-Sprayed Protesters in a Cell / State Duma passes bill on blocking mirror websites / Russian media watchdog warns Telegram of potential block / Founder of Russian Messaging App Defies Official Ultimatum / Crimean Tatars face 10-year sentences for refusal to testify against innocent men / Moscow City Court upholds verdict on compulsory medical treatment for Maxim Panfilov / Resident of Chechnya detained for killing three law enforcers in 2000
23 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
23 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Thursday 22 June 2017
22 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
22 June 2017 Russian Duma Approves Bill To Protect Top Officials' Personal Data / Jury Deliberations Postponed In Trial Of Accused Nemtsov Killers / Moscow court upholds compulsory treatment of Bolotnaya activist Panfilov /Russian government files new bill regulating NGO activity / Rizvan Ibragimov claims his prosecution initiated by law enforcers / Russian FSB ‘Expert’ in trial of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov doesn’t know the language / Crimean Tatar Leader Umerov's Trial Resumes In Simferopol / Journalist turns to police after being beaten in North Ossetia
22 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
22 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Wednesday 21 June 2017
21 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
21 June 2017 Trial Of Crimean Journalist Semena Adjourned Until July / Activist Flees Crimea Fearing For Safety / Russian Regions Slash Cancer Spending Amid Rising Costs / State Duma passes bill regulating Federal Guard Service’s activities / Russia gives imprisoned Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz 10 minutes with his dying mother / Putin critic living in Ukraine seized, tortured and jailed in Russia / Chechen publicist Rizvan Ibragimov sentenced to 2.5 years of conditional imprisonment / Activists report about arrest of organizer of protest walks in Krasnodar / Advocate of Nemtsov's family urges Kadyrov to acknowledge his guilt
21 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
21 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Tuesday 20 June 2017
20 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
20 June 2017 Imprisoned Crimean Tatar Allowed To See Dying Mother, Lawyer Says / Russian 'gay propaganda' law ruled discriminatory by European court / ECtHR rule exposes homophobic nature of Russian “gay propaganda law” / Crimean Jehovah’s Witnesses told to renounce their faith or serve in occupiers’ army /
Former Director Of Moscow's Gogol Center Theater Detained In Embezzlement Case / Russian convicted of ‘incitement’ for reposting criticism of Russia’s war against Ukraine / Over 50 Chechen gays get help from "Russian LGBT Network" / Court upholds sentence given to Russian Press Agency’s ex-head for extremism / Coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov accused of repeated violation of rules for holding actions / Sentence given to Moscow unauthorized rally participant takes effect
20 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Former Director Of Moscow's Gogol Center Theater Detained In Embezzlement Case / Russian convicted of ‘incitement’ for reposting criticism of Russia’s war against Ukraine / Over 50 Chechen gays get help from "Russian LGBT Network" / Court upholds sentence given to Russian Press Agency’s ex-head for extremism / Coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov accused of repeated violation of rules for holding actions / Sentence given to Moscow unauthorized rally participant takes effect
20 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Monday 19 June 2017
19 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
19 June 2017 Sentence given to Moscow unauthorized rally participant takes effect / Russian Ministry of Justice proposes to extend jury trials to more cases / On June 12-18, there were no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus / 40 people come to picket "Shame to Rosgvardia!" in Rostov-on-Don / Residents of Nalchik oppose erection of monument to Kalmykov / Rostov-on-Don housing shareholders state authorities are not ready for dialogue
19 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
19 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Friday 16 June 2017
16 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
16 June 2017 Moscow Court Cuts Navalny's 30-Day Jail Term To 25 / Two Russian Opposition Activists Flee To Ukraine / Oligarch Buys Independent Russian News Outlet RBC / Dinar Idrisov receives administrative sentence / Teenager put under house arrest in relation to clash with police at June 12 rally / Russian high school history teacher is fired after attending June 12 anti-corruption protest / 18 months forced psychiatric treatment for opposing Russia’s war against Ukraine / Russian sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment for defending Ukraine / Organizer of anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala avoids administrative punishment / Court ignores defendants' fears about seizure of documents in Boris Nemtsov's murder case
16 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
16 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Thursday 15 June 2017
15 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
15 June 2017 Chechen Authorities Say Charge Against Amriyev Dropped / "Novaya Gazeta": power agents demand from Amriev to plead guilty / Russia Bars Imprisoned Crimean Tatar From Seeing Dying Mother / Russian Activist Fined After Reading Constitution On Red Square / Russian Elections Chief Says 'Practically No Chance' Navalny Can Get On Presidential Ballot / Chechen villagers report young people's detentions / Organizer of anticorruption rally detained in Makhachkala / Reuters: two gays from Chechnya report about detentions and torture / Russia: Police humiliate and mistreat hundreds of detained peaceful protesters
15 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
15 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Wednesday 14 June 2017
14 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
14 June 2017 St. Petersburg Ombudsman Says City Authorities Provoked Protests / Russian Court Turns Down Request Of Navalny's Jailed Brother To Mitigate Sentence / Russian MPs back Moscow demolition project despite protests / Russian Lawmakers Approve Plan to Relocate 1.6 Million Muscovites / Protesters Detained As Duma Approves Moscow Demolitions / State Duma passes bill banning anonymous messenger accounts in first reading / UN rights watchdog stops Ukraine from extraditing asylum seeker to Russia / Health Concerns for Ukrainian Serving Insane Sentence as Russia’s Revenge for Maidan / Crimean Journalist Hopes To Steer Trial Away From 'Politics' / Zhalaudi Geriev celebrates his birthday behind bars / Police release activist Bagomed Bagomedov detained at rally in Makhachkala / Counter Terrorism Operatiion regime cancelled in two districts of Dagestan / Interview: Why World Cup Rights Work in Russia Is No Game / Red Card
14 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
14 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Tuesday 13 June 2017
13 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
13 June 2017 - Russia Criticized For Detaining More Than 1,500 Anticorruption Protesters / Chechen Man Sentenced For Politkovskaya's Murder Dies In Prison / Disgraced EuroMaidan Special Forces Reappear at Moscow Protests / Russian activist Belousov seeks reversal of judgment in Bolotnaya riot case / Russia protests: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced / In Makhachkala, "Caucasian Knot" correspondent attacked at rally of Alexei Navalny's supporters / Makhachkala residents state that policemen disrupted anti-corruption rally. / In Sochi, police disperse action of Alexei Navalny's supporters #RightsinRussia
13 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
13 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Monday 12 June 2017
12 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
12 June 2017 Russia protests: Hundreds detained at opposition rallies / Russia: Mass arrests tighten authorities’ stranglehold on freedom of expression / Russia refuses to let imprisoned Crimean Tatar leader see his gravely ill mother / Poison in the System - the case of Aleksandr Perepilichnyy / Pyotr Zaikin: Murad Amriev's refusal of legal aid not related to jurisprudence / Rights defenders explain Amriev's statements as compromise with Chechen law enforcers / Murad Amriev says his rights are observed in Chechnya / Amriev rejects advocate Zaikin / Russia puts Historian of the Soviet Terror on Trial / State Duma committee backs bill banning anonymous messenger accounts
12 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
12 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Sunday 11 June 2017
Friday 9 June 2017
9 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
9 June 2017 Protesters Detained As Hundreds Decry Plans To Demolish Soviet-Era Housing In Moscow / Belarus Sends Chechen Man Back To Russia Despite Fears For His Life / MMA Champion Amriev is taken to Chechnya / ECtHR asks Russia to clarify its position in Murad Amriev's case / Murad Amriev's family members leave Chechnya for security reasons / Court Orders Scientology Church Leader, Members Detained In St. Petersburg / Defendant in St. Petersburg Church of Scientology case put under house arrest / Finance Ministry ordered to pay $3,500 to Russian citizen for unlawful prosecution
9 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
9 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Thursday 8 June 2017
8 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
8 June 2017 Offices Of Prison Rights Group Searched In Moscow / St. Petersburg Church of Scientology executive director put in detention / Alleged member of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology detained in extremism case / Chechen Prosecutor's Office demands to block 12 materials on Internet / 250,000 roubles allocated for victims of special operation in Nalchik
8 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
8 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Wednesday 7 June 2017
7 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
7 June 2017 Russian Lawmakers Propose Broadening Controversial 'Foreign Agent' Law / Moscow Anticorruption March To Go Ahead Despite Government's Restrictions / Moscow's English-Language Weekly To Change Hands, Cut Staff / Alleged member of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology detained in extremism case / State Duma adopts bill on blacklist of corrupt officials / Resident of Dagestan killed in shootout with law enforcers / Volgograd: Alexei Navalny's supporters complain about eviction from new premises / Animal rights defenders criticize police for opening fire at a cow in Makhachkala / Amnesty International: Torture Survivor Murad Amriev at risk of arbitrary detention / In Bryansk, Murad Amriev identifies Chechen law enforcer who tortured him
7 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
7 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Tuesday 6 June 2017
6 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
6 June 2017 Russian court drops charges against Guardian reporter / Hundreds Protest Moscow City Hall's Plans To Demolish Soviet-Era Buildings / Activists: Chechen Man Who Claimed Torture Narrowly Escapes Transfer To Grozny / Church of Scientology Raided by Russian Security Forces (Again) / ECtHR awards over €15,000 to ex-Yukos security chief sentenced to life / Russian TV uses Crimean Tatar political prisoner to claim Ukraine is "funding terrorism" / Gay from Dagestan describes his escape from Russia / Eyewitnesses report raids on Salafi mosques and halal cafes in Makhachkala
6 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
6 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Monday 5 June 2017
5 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
5 June 2017 Ex-head of Ukraine library in Moscow Natalia Sharina guilty / Russia: Conviction of librarian for holding ‘extremist books’ demonstrates utter contempt for rule of law / Chechen Man Who Claimed Torture Said Detained In Russia / Crimean Journalist's Trial Resumes, Adjourned Until June 14 / Russian Magazine The New Times Closes Print Amid Financial Troubles / Crimean Tatar activist prosecuted for Facebook birthday greeting to Mustafa Dzhemilev / Russian Justice Ministry drafts bill regulating activities of foreign NGOs’ branches / Russian Interior Ministry ordered to pay $1,200 to man tortured by police / Russian government, Supreme Court back bill on prison terms for carousel voting / Russia: Rights Activist Facing Charges. First Criminal Inquiry in a ‘Foreign Agents’ case
5 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
5 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Sunday 4 June 2017
Friday 2 June 2017
2 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
2 June 2017 NGO Head Is First Russian Charged With A Crime Under Foreign Agent Law / Russia's Jehovah's Witnesses Meet in Defiance of 'Extremism' Ban / Navalny Challenges Moscow Authorities' Refusal To Allow Protest In City Center / Chechen Accused Of Plotting To Kill Putin Survives Shooting In Kyiv
An assassination attempt on a Chechen man whom Russian / Putin: Package of proposals on judicial system improvement agreed / Historians link shooting in Novocherkassk with formation of dissident movement
2 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
An assassination attempt on a Chechen man whom Russian / Putin: Package of proposals on judicial system improvement agreed / Historians link shooting in Novocherkassk with formation of dissident movement
2 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
Thursday 1 June 2017
1 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
1 June 2017 Navalny Denied Permission For Central Moscow Rally / Court Orders Release Of Russian Activist From Psychiatric Clinic / Verdict In Moscow-Based Ukrainian Library Director's Hate-Crime Trial Postponed / Chechen Prosecutor Wants Charlie Hebdo Blocked / 32% of Russians Support Physical Punishment for Teens — Poll / Russia begins trial of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov by removing his defence lawyer / Volunteer of Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov fined for taking part in anticorruption action / Russian Supreme Court cancels conviction of journalist Elena Nadtoka
1 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
1 June 2017 - Rights in Russia
31 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
31 May 2017 Landlord Of Navalny's Election Headquarters In Irkutsk Attacked / Moscow Court Orders Navalny To Remove Video With Medvedev Corruption Allegations / Russian Court Orders Navalny to Apologize for Government Corruption Claims /
Russian billionaire Usmanov wins libel lawsuit against Navalny / Russian Finance Ministry to pay activist Dadin $38,600 for unlawful prosecution / Kadyrov Invites French, German Leaders To Investigate Reports Of Gay Abuse / Amnesty Challenges Russia Over Abuse Of Gays In Chechnya / Defence of Novocherkassk journalist Elena Nadtoka demands to cancel verdict due to ECtHR's decision / "Rosstat": 25% of Karachay-Cherkessians live below poverty line
31 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Russian billionaire Usmanov wins libel lawsuit against Navalny / Russian Finance Ministry to pay activist Dadin $38,600 for unlawful prosecution / Kadyrov Invites French, German Leaders To Investigate Reports Of Gay Abuse / Amnesty Challenges Russia Over Abuse Of Gays In Chechnya / Defence of Novocherkassk journalist Elena Nadtoka demands to cancel verdict due to ECtHR's decision / "Rosstat": 25% of Karachay-Cherkessians live below poverty line
31 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Tuesday 30 May 2017
30 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
30 May 2017 Global activists demand protection for gay men in Chechnya / Daghestan Court Sentences Man To 19 Years On Terrorism Charges / Moscow Court Rejects Navalny Motions In Oligarch's Defamation Suit / Holy Roller: News Site Told Russian Priest's Land Cruiser Is Off-Limits / Grand Chamber of ECHR to review Navalny’s case / ECtHR ruling in favor of Russian opposition politician Kasparov takes effect / Right to free elections in Russia violated in 2011 – ECtHR / In Makhachkala, police release detained participants of anticorruption rally / HRC "Memorial" extends list of political prisoners
30 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
30 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Monday 29 May 2017
29 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
29 May 2017 Russia Seeks Suspended Sentence For Ukrainian Library Director / Detention Of Bard-Loving Boy In Moscow Sparks Outrage / Russian Scientist Convicted Of Treason Asks Putin For Clemency / Dane Arrested in Russia for 'Extremist' Jehovah's Witnesses Meeting / Magomed Daudov denies accusations of gays' persecutions in Chechnya / Macron Accuses Russian State Media Of 'Propaganda' / Court recognizes violation of visually impaired children's rights in Volgograd / Number of detainees after Makhachkala rally reaches four
29 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
29 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Sunday 28 May 2017
Friday 26 May 2017
26 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
26 May 2017 - CPJ Urges Russia To Bring Those Responsible For Journalist's Killing To Justice /
Anti-Gay Purge in Chechnya - HRW / Tatiana Lokshina: Chechnya arranges raids against gays with tacit consent of Kremlin / Chechen Parliament Speaker Played Key Role in Anti-Gay Purges – HRW / Russia investigates 'gay purge' in Chechnya / Russian Supreme Court upholds liquidation of Jehovah’s Witnesses chapter / Number of jailed entrepreneurs drops by 24% - Russian business ombudsman / Crimean Tatar rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov wins major human rights award / PACE appoints special rapporteur on case of Boris Nemtsov's murder / Arthur Panov complains to ECtHR about violation of his rights / Russian Blogger Goes on Trial for ‘Inflicting Pain’ on the Cop He Says Beat Him Up / Svetlana Anokhina awarded 2016 Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev journalism award
26 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Anti-Gay Purge in Chechnya - HRW / Tatiana Lokshina: Chechnya arranges raids against gays with tacit consent of Kremlin / Chechen Parliament Speaker Played Key Role in Anti-Gay Purges – HRW / Russia investigates 'gay purge' in Chechnya / Russian Supreme Court upholds liquidation of Jehovah’s Witnesses chapter / Number of jailed entrepreneurs drops by 24% - Russian business ombudsman / Crimean Tatar rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov wins major human rights award / PACE appoints special rapporteur on case of Boris Nemtsov's murder / Arthur Panov complains to ECtHR about violation of his rights / Russian Blogger Goes on Trial for ‘Inflicting Pain’ on the Cop He Says Beat Him Up / Svetlana Anokhina awarded 2016 Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev journalism award
26 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Thursday 25 May 2017
25 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
25 May 2017 - Editor Of Siberian Newspaper Shot Dead / Russia Fines Navalny Ally For Extremism Over John Oliver Repost / World Cup 2018: Fifa admits workers have suffered human rights abuses / Prosecutors To Look Into Comments By Transparency International Official / Prosecutor Demands Lengthy Prison Terms in Kabardino-Balkaria 'Caliphate Trial' / Alexei Venediktov reports Boris Nemtsov's complaints about threats in connection with "Charlie Hebdo" / "Legal Initiative" reports disappearance of Chechen woman / Kuban farmer Petrov released under house arrest
25 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
25 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Wednesday 24 May 2017
24 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
24 May 2017 - Russian Protester Jailed For 18 Months Over March 26 Rally / Russian Intelligence Chief Says Terrorists Use Telegram's ‘Secret Chats’ / Bill Banning Anonymous Messenger Accounts Submitted to Russian Parliament / Moscow Court Hears New Evidence On Magnitsky’s Death / Lawyers do not rule out defamation lawsuit in relation to “Prevezon case” / Panic Mode: Moscow Probe Into Anti-Gay Purge Has Chechen Leaders Rattled / Bolshoi Theater Chief Appeals To Putin Over 'Wrong' Treatment Of Embattled Director / Russian business ombudsman proposes to expand powers of prosecutors and Supreme Court / Defence accuses law enforcers of falsifying Caliphate case / FSA treats repressions against journalists in Northern Caucasus as toughest in Russia / Lawyers: mosque in Shamkhal village closed illegally / In Krasnodar, farmer detained for picket in front of presidential motorcade
24 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
24 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Tuesday 23 May 2017
23 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
23 May 2017 - Russian Authorities Search Theater, Home Of Director, Government Critic / Russian Academic Facing Jail for 'Extremist' Pig Manure Rant / Russian ombudsman voices support for baby boxes / Law enforcers' unwilling to discuss struggle against radicalism in Caucasus / Truck drivers from Dagestan detained while protesting in Khimki
23 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
23 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
Monday 22 May 2017
22 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
22 May 2017 - Jehovah’s Witnesses turn to Council of Europe over Russia’s refusal to execute ECHR ruling / Russian Supreme Court rules to arrest fugitive ex-judge Baranova in absentia / Pokemon Go player appeals suspended sentence for inciting enmity / One in Four Russians Witness Police Brutality — Poll / Russia: Government vs. Rights Groups. The Battle Chronicle / PBS NewsHour" reports on detention of its journalists together with mosque-goers in Makhachkala / Navalny Unmasks a Cartel Allegedly Earning Billions in Russian Defense Deals / Ukraine Opens Criminal Probe Against Stalin, Beria For Crimean Tatar Deportations
22 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
22 May 2017 - Rights in Russia
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