Friday 14 July 2017

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

OVD-Info Bulletin No. 11: Russian authorities take aim at supporters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny

OVD-Info Bulletin No. 11: Russian authorities take aim at supporters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny - 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

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

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

Simon Cosgrove: Electoral facade looking ragged and raw

Simon Cosgrove: Electoral facade looking ragged and raw - 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

Tuesday 11 July 2017

Temur Kobaliya on the arrest and detention of journalist Aleksandr Batmanov

Temur Kobaliya on the arrest and detention of journalist Aleksandr Batmanov - Rights in Russia

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


10 July 2017 - Rights in Russia

Friday 7 July 2017

OVD-Info Bulletin. Issue № 10: Punitive Psychiatry

OVD-Info Bulletin. Issue № 10: Punitive Psychiatry - Rights in Russia

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

Zoya Svetova: Right to interview. How I took the Federal Prison Service to court [Open Russia]

Zoya Svetova: Right to interview. How I took the Federal Prison Service to court [Open Russia] - 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

Thursday 6 July 2017

Simon Cosgrove: Relations between Russia and the Council of Europe reach a new low

Simon Cosgrove: Relations between Russia and the Council of Europe reach a new low - Rights in Russia

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

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

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

Weekly Update No. 26 (259) 3 July 2017 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 26 (259) 3 July 2017 - Rights in Russia

Rights Group of the Week: Committee for the Prevention of Torture - Rights in Russia

Rights Group of the Week: Committee for the Prevention of Torture - Rights in Russia

Legal Case of the Week: Mother fined for teenager's participation in 26 March demonstration in Volgograd

Legal Case of the Week: Mother fined for teenager's participation in 26 March demonstration in Volgograd - Rights in Russia

Andrei Babushkin: The Obninsk Saga - the Trial of Tatyana Kotlyar Continues

Andrei Babushkin: The Obninsk Saga - the Trial of Tatyana Kotlyar Continues - Rights in Russia

Person of the Week: Ilya Novikov - Rights in Russia

Person of the Week: Ilya Novikov - Rights in Russia

Genri Reznik on quitting the Moscow State Law Academy: "They lied to me" [Kommersant-FM]

Genri Reznik on quitting the Moscow State Law Academy: "They lied to me" [Kommersant-FM] - Rights in Russia