Monday 30 December 2013

Weekly Update No. 47 (30 December) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 47 (30 December) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Investigative Committee requested to investigate production of An Ideal Husband - HRO.org in English

Investigative Committee requested to investigate production of An Ideal Husband - HRO.org in English
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Review of first Yukos trial set for 23 January - HRO.org in English

Review of first Yukos trial set for 23 January - HRO.org in English
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There is hope for Aleksei Pichugin - HRO.org in English

There is hope for Aleksei Pichugin - HRO.org in English
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Arkady Babchenko on the banning of the showing of the film 'Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer' (Facebook)

Arkady Babchenko on the banning of the showing of the film 'Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer' (Facebook)
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Kirill Serebrennikov on the banning of the showing of the film 'Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer' (Facebook)

Kirill Serebrennikov on the banning of the showing of the film 'Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer' (Facebook)
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Head of Moscow Department of Culture writes to Kirill Serebrennikov: 'I demand that you cancel the showing of the documentary “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer” '

Head of Moscow Department of Culture writes to Kirill Serebrennikov: 'I demand that you cancel the showing of the documentary “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer” '
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Week-ending 27 December 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 27 December 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 28 December 2013

Anatoly Strelyany: Between Two Sacred Things (Radio Svoboda)

Anatoly Strelyany: Between Two Sacred Things (Radio Svoboda)
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Friday 27 December 2013

Aleksandr Podrabinek on Pussy Riot: They have been released - and without losing face

Aleksandr Podrabinek on Pussy Riot: They have been released - and without losing face
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: They have been released - and without losing face

Aleksandr Podrabinek: They have been released - and without losing face
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Jens Siegert: Putin the Victor

Jens Siegert: Putin the Victor
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova released - HRO.org in English

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova released - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 26 December 2013

Court finds prosecutors' warning to Ryazan Memorial unlawful - HRO.org in English

Court finds prosecutors' warning to Ryazan Memorial unlawful - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 25 December 2013

Platon Lebedev: "I am glad for all those who have been released" - HRO.org in English

Platon Lebedev: "I am glad for all those who have been released" - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 24 December 2013

Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina released - HRO.org in English

Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina released - HRO.org in English
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Video of interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky (New Times) - HRO.org in English

Video of interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky (New Times) - HRO.org in English
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Monday 23 December 2013

Trial of Mikhail Savva to start afresh - HRO.org in English

Trial of Mikhail Savva to start afresh - HRO.org in English
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Court sends environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko to penal colony - HRO.org in English

Court sends environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko to penal colony - HRO.org in English
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26 protesters calling for release of political prisoners arrested before Putin’s press conference - HRO.org in English

26 protesters calling for release of political prisoners arrested before Putin’s press conference - HRO.org in English
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"I command: You may go free!" – That is no system of justice - HRO.org in English

"I command: You may go free!" – That is no system of justice - HRO.org in English
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Krasnodar Regional Court dismisses environmentalists’ appeal against conviction - HRO.org in English

Krasnodar Regional Court dismisses environmentalists’ appeal against conviction - HRO.org in English
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s first statement after release from prison - HRO.org in English

Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s first statement after release from prison - HRO.org in English
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President Putin announces Mikhail Khodorkovsky is to be pardoned - HRO.org in English

President Putin announces Mikhail Khodorkovsky is to be pardoned - HRO.org in English
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Georgy Satarov on Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Leave him in peace (Echo of Moscow)

Georgy Satarov on Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Leave him in peace (Echo of Moscow)
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Sunday 22 December 2013

Week-ending 20 December 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 20 December 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 21 December 2013

Second report on ‘Bolotnaya case’ made public - HRO.org in English

Second report on ‘Bolotnaya case’ made public - HRO.org in English
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Friday 20 December 2013

Investigation into new Yukos case began in earnest in 2011 - HRO.org in English

Investigation into new Yukos case began in earnest in 2011 - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 19 December 2013

Maria Sereda on what has happened to the right to peaceful assembly in Moscow - HRO.org in English

Maria Sereda on what has happened to the right to peaceful assembly in Moscow - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 18 December 2013

Witness in Bolotnaya trial describes how riot police officers beat Sergei Krivov - HRO.org in English

Witness in Bolotnaya trial describes how riot police officers beat Sergei Krivov - HRO.org in English
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“Journalism as Deed” Sakharov Prize Awarded - HRO.org in English

“Journalism as Deed” Sakharov Prize Awarded - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 17 December 2013

New Year cards in support of those detained in the ‘Bolotnaya’ case - HRO.org in English

New Year cards in support of those detained in the ‘Bolotnaya’ case - HRO.org in English
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Amnesty International - The Russian Constitution 20 years on: Continuing erosion of rights and freedoms - HRO.org in English

Amnesty International - The Russian Constitution 20 years on: Continuing erosion of rights and freedoms - HRO.org in English
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Monday 16 December 2013

Weekly Update No. 45 (16 December) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 45 (16 December) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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International Memorial Society: What happened in St. Petersburg is no accident, but the direct consequence of the law on ‘foreign agents’ - HRO.org in English

International Memorial Society: What happened in St. Petersburg is no accident, but the direct consequence of the law on ‘foreign agents’ - HRO.org in English
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Fifteen experts are suspects in new Yukos case - HRO.org in English

Fifteen experts are suspects in new Yukos case - HRO.org in English
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Rights activists petition State Duma, demand amnesty for ‘Bolotnaya prisoners’ - HRO.org in English

Rights activists petition State Duma, demand amnesty for ‘Bolotnaya prisoners’ - HRO.org in English
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St Petersburg Court orders Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre to register as foreign agent - HRO.org in English

St Petersburg Court orders Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre to register as foreign agent - HRO.org in English
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Week-ending 13 December 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 13 December 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 14 December 2013

President Putin says human rights work is not 'political' - HRO.org in English

President Putin says human rights work is not 'political' - HRO.org in English
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Mikhail Fedotov: The amnesty should not apply to police officers charged with torture - HRO.org in English

Mikhail Fedotov: The amnesty should not apply to police officers charged with torture - HRO.org in English
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Statement by Memorial: The Law on ‘Foreign Agents’ is too bad to be amended - HRO.org in English

Statement by Memorial: The Law on ‘Foreign Agents’ is too bad to be amended - HRO.org in English
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Moscow Helsinki Group’s 2013 Human Rights Awards - HRO.org in English

Moscow Helsinki Group’s 2013 Human Rights Awards - HRO.org in English
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Human Rights Council speaks out against changes to the Constitution - HRO.org in English

Human Rights Council speaks out against changes to the Constitution - HRO.org in English
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Members of the Human Rights Council on the Situation in Ukraine - HRO.org in English

Members of the Human Rights Council on the Situation in Ukraine - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 12 December 2013

To mark the 95th anniversary of the birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - HRO.org in English

To mark the 95th anniversary of the birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 11 December 2013

The so-called ‘Experts Case’– Are the authorities afraid of releasing Khodorkovsky and Lebedev? - HRO.org in English

The so-called ‘Experts Case’– Are the authorities afraid of releasing Khodorkovsky and Lebedev? - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 10 December 2013

Maria Alekhina writes letter to rights defenders and prisoners - HRO.org in English

Maria Alekhina writes letter to rights defenders and prisoners - HRO.org in English
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Weekly Update No. 44 (9 December) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 44 (9 December) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Monday 9 December 2013

Lev Ponomarev: Is Putin deciding to break links with civil society? (Echo of Moscow)

Lev Ponomarev: Is Putin deciding to break links with civil society? (Echo of Moscow)
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Human rights defenders on Nelson Mandela - HRO.org in English

Human rights defenders on Nelson Mandela - HRO.org in English
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The Constitutional Court will itself decide how judgments of the European Court are to be implemented - HRO.org in English

The Constitutional Court will itself decide how judgments of the European Court are to be implemented - HRO.org in English
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Arseny Roginsky: Natasha’s World - HRO.org in English

Arseny Roginsky: Natasha’s World - HRO.org in English
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Federal Penitentiary Service finds no violations in Mordovian colony where Tolokonnikova was held - HRO.org in English

Federal Penitentiary Service finds no violations in Mordovian colony where Tolokonnikova was held - HRO.org in English
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Russian writers address the Euromaidan (Colta.ru)

Russian writers address the Euromaidan (Colta.ru)
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Civic Dignity names 124 winners of grant competition for human rights NGOs - HRO.org in English

Civic Dignity names 124 winners of grant competition for human rights NGOs - HRO.org in English
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Sunday 8 December 2013

Week-ending 6 December 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 6 December 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Quote for the Day: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: 'A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness'
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Friday 6 December 2013

Quote for the Day: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities"
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Jens Siegert: The Russian opposition is asking itself: What makes the opposition in Ukraine different from that in Russia?

Jens Siegert: The Russian opposition is asking itself: What makes the opposition in Ukraine different from that in Russia?
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Thursday 5 December 2013

Aleksandr Cherkasov on Natalia Gorbanevskaya - HRO.org in English

Aleksandr Cherkasov on Natalia Gorbanevskaya - HRO.org in English
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Professor Savva transferred to house arrest - HRO.org in English

Professor Savva transferred to house arrest - HRO.org in English
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Mikhail Savva: I have been told to confess to crazy accusations of collaboration with the CIA - HRO.org in English

Mikhail Savva: I have been told to confess to crazy accusations of collaboration with the CIA - HRO.org in English
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Court extends Professor Savva’s pre-trial detention - HRO.org in English

Court extends Professor Savva’s pre-trial detention - HRO.org in English
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Statement by International Memorial Society on the proposed amnesty - HRO.org in English

Statement by International Memorial Society on the proposed amnesty - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 4 December 2013

CIS human rights defenders appeal to Ukrainian authorities and those taking part in the Euromaidan demonstrations

CIS human rights defenders appeal to Ukrainian authorities and those taking part in the Euromaidan demonstrations
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Tuesday 3 December 2013

In memory of Natalya Evgenievna Gorbanevskaya - HRO.org in English

In memory of Natalya Evgenievna Gorbanevskaya - HRO.org in English
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Academia under threat: Court rules Saratov research organization must register as foreign agent - HRO.org in English

Academia under threat: Court rules Saratov research organization must register as foreign agent - HRO.org in English
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Monday 2 December 2013

Weekly Update No. 43 (2 December) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 43 (2 December) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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'Strasbourg Get-Together' discusses the 'anti-orphan' law, the 'Bolotnaya' case and an issue of real estate - HRO.org in English

'Strasbourg Get-Together' discusses the 'anti-orphan' law, the 'Bolotnaya' case and an issue of real estate - HRO.org in English
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Week-ending 29 November 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 29 November 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 30 November 2013

Public Prosecutor’s Office still unsuccessful in getting Women of Don recognised as “foreign agent” - HRO.org in English

Public Prosecutor’s Office still unsuccessful in getting Women of Don recognised as “foreign agent” - HRO.org in English
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Aleksandr Kalikh: Court finds in favour of Perm Youth Memorial - HRO.org in English

Aleksandr Kalikh: Court finds in favour of Perm Youth Memorial - HRO.org in English
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German politician speaks out for Professor Mikhail Savva - HRO.org in English

German politician speaks out for Professor Mikhail Savva - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 28 November 2013

Jens Siegert: Out of Moscow – a somewhat different middle class

Jens Siegert: Out of Moscow – a somewhat different middle class
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Wednesday 27 November 2013

Stop the deaths at military testing grounds! - HRO.org in English

Stop the deaths at military testing grounds! - HRO.org in English
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Human rights defenders to present joint report on torture in Russia - HRO.org in English

Human rights defenders to present joint report on torture in Russia - HRO.org in English
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Jens Siegert: A whirlwind tour of Sochi: prestige, self-aggrandisement, corruption, Viktor Erofeev and the White Sea Canal

Jens Siegert: A whirlwind tour of Sochi: prestige, self-aggrandisement, corruption, Viktor Erofeev and the White Sea Canal
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Tuesday 26 November 2013

Ludmila Alekseeva: 'Maybe by now they understand there's no need to use violence against the public' (Novaya gazeta)

Ludmila Alekseeva: 'Maybe by now they understand there's no need to use violence against the public' (Novaya gazeta)
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Quote for the Day: Boris Akunin

Boris Akunin: 'While there are political prisoners in the country, I cannot go anywhere near the ruler, or even be in the same room as him.'
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On the Civic Position of Boris Akunin - HRO.org in English

On the Civic Position of Boris Akunin - HRO.org in English
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Monday 25 November 2013

Weekly Update No. 42 (25 November) 2013

No. 42 (25 November) 2013
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Aleksandr Podrabinek on the case of Sergei Krivov: Protesting to the very end (Ezhenedelnyi zhurnal)

Aleksandr Podrabinek on the case of Sergei Krivov: Protesting to the very end (Ezhenedelnyi zhurnal)
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Martin Dewhirst on the Russian Penal System: Can Public Oversight Make Much Difference?

Martin Dewhirst on the Russian Penal System: Can Public Oversight Make Much Difference?
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Quote for the Day: Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin shows his knowledge of history: "We will never return to that terrible time in the past when Pasternak was exiled."
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Sunday 24 November 2013

Week-ending 22 November 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 22 November 2013
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Saturday 23 November 2013

Karinna Moskalenko: 'Once again on Nord-Ost and the meaning of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights' - HRO.org in English

Karinna Moskalenko: 'Once again on Nord-Ost and the meaning of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights' - HRO.org in English
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Quote for the Day: Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing: "Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible."
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Friday 22 November 2013

Human rights defenders appeal to Vladimir Putin to amnesty Bolotnaya prisoners - HRO.org in English

Human rights defenders appeal to Vladimir Putin to amnesty Bolotnaya prisoners - HRO.org in English
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Ekaterinburg NGO wins 'foreign agent' case - HRO.org in English

Ekaterinburg NGO wins 'foreign agent' case - HRO.org in English
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Andreas Umland: Raising the Stakes - Fending off Russian strangulation of Ukraine’s economy

Andreas Umland: Raising the Stakes - Fending off Russian strangulation of Ukraine’s economy
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Thursday 21 November 2013

Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Sandbox for Russia’s Opposition'

Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Sandbox for Russia’s Opposition'
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Quote for the Day. John Dalhuisen, Europe and Central Asia Director at Amnesty International

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Security official Anton Tsvetkov becomes head of Public Oversight Commission - HRO.org in English

Security official Anton Tsvetkov becomes head of Public Oversight Commission - HRO.org in English
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Remember the Date - 21 November: The 'foreign agent' law entered into force on 21 November 2012

21 November: The 'foreign agent' law entered into force on 21 November 2012
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Wednesday 20 November 2013

Court postpones hearing complaint by Movement For Human Rights and Foundation for Prisoners’ Rights - HRO.org in English

Court postpones hearing complaint by Movement For Human Rights and Foundation for Prisoners’ Rights - HRO.org in English
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Remember the date: Galina Starovoitova shot dead on 20 November 1998 - Rights in Russia

Remember the date: Galina Starovoitova shot dead on 20 November 1998 - Rights in Russia
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Tuesday 19 November 2013

Happy Birthday, Mikhail Valentinovich! - HRO.org in English

Happy Birthday, Mikhail Valentinovich! - HRO.org in English
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Oldest Gulag survivor dead at 102 - HRO.org in English

Oldest Gulag survivor dead at 102 - HRO.org in English
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Fresh investigation into Tolokonnikova threats allegation - HRO.org in English

Fresh investigation into Tolokonnikova threats allegation - HRO.org in English
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Monday 18 November 2013

Weekly Update No. 41 (18 November) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 41 (18 November) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Rosbalt’s lawyer says Tagansky court’s verdict violates right of access to justice - HRO.org in English

Rosbalt’s lawyer says Tagansky court’s verdict violates right of access to justice - HRO.org in English
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Human rights defenders say torture widespread in Russia - HRO.org in English

Human rights defenders say torture widespread in Russia - HRO.org in English
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Martin Dewhirst on why Europe needs a Magnitsky Law

Martin Dewhirst on why Europe needs a Magnitsky Law
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Week-ending 15 November 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 15 November 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Friday 15 November 2013

Editor-in-chief of Khabarovsk newspaper is charged with promoting homosexuality over interview with LGBT activist - HRO.org in English

Editor-in-chief of Khabarovsk newspaper is charged with promoting homosexuality over interview with LGBT activist - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 14 November 2013

St Petersburg students speak out against "ideological brainwashing of young people" - HRO.org in English

St Petersburg students speak out against "ideological brainwashing of young people" - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 13 November 2013

Supreme Commercial Court criticises President's proposal to merge courts - HRO.org in English

Supreme Commercial Court criticises President's proposal to merge courts - HRO.org in English
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Jens Siegert on Russia's past: preferably remembered simply - until now

Jens Siegert on Russia's past: preferably remembered simply - until now
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Tuesday 12 November 2013

Nadezhda Azhgikhina: Combating Impunity in the Digital Age - Comment on Rights in Russia

Nadezhda Azhgikhina: Combating Impunity in the Digital Age
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Monday 11 November 2013

Weekly Update No. 40 (11 November) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 40 (11 November) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Prosecutor General's Office refuses to drop charges against NGOs pending ruling of Constitutional Court - HRO.org in English

Prosecutor General's Office refuses to drop charges against NGOs pending ruling of Constitutional Court - HRO.org in English
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Administrative liability for reposting a video on a social networking site? - HRO.org in English

Administrative liability for reposting a video on a social networking site? - HRO.org in English
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October 2013 - Rights in Russia

October 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Jens Siegert: 'Natives, foreigners and native foreigners – the difficult task of coexistence in Russia'

Jens Siegert: 'Natives, foreigners and native foreigners – the difficult task of coexistence in Russia'
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Sunday 10 November 2013

Week-ending 8 November 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 8 November 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 9 November 2013

Charges against Perm Civic Chamber finally dismissed - HRO.org in English

Charges against Perm Civic Chamber finally dismissed - HRO.org in English
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Friday 8 November 2013

Human rights activists sound the alarm over Public Monitoring Commissions - HRO.org in English

Human rights activists sound the alarm over Public Monitoring Commissions - HRO.org in English
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Only One of 33 Orphans denied US Adoption has been adopted by a Russian Family - HRO.org in English

Only One of 33 Orphans denied US Adoption has been adopted by a Russian Family - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 7 November 2013

Immigrant murdered on Unity Day in St. Petersburg - HRO.org in English

Immigrant murdered on Unity Day in St. Petersburg - HRO.org in English
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Photographs from the trial of Professor Mikhail Savva - HRO.org in English

Photographs from the trial of Professor Mikhail Savva - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 6 November 2013

Omsk Ministry of Education declares Halloween an extremist celebration - HRO.org in English

Omsk Ministry of Education declares Halloween an extremist celebration - HRO.org in English
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Trial of Professor Savva begins in Krasnodar - HRO.org in English

Trial of Professor Savva begins in Krasnodar - HRO.org in English
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The “Russian March”, Navalny and the (liberal) opposition - Human Rights in Russia

The “Russian March”, Navalny and the (liberal) opposition - Human Rights in Russia
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Monday 4 November 2013

Weekly Update No. 39 (4 November) 2013

No. 39 (4 November) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Memorial presents a list of 70 political prisoners in today's Russia - HRO.org in English

Memorial presents a list of 70 political prisoners in today's Russia - HRO.org in English
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Commemorative event at the Solovetsky Stone - HRO.org reports - HRO.org in English

Commemorative event at the Solovetsky Stone - HRO.org reports - HRO.org in English
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Open letter from Ilya Farber to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova - HRO.org in English

Open letter from Ilya Farber to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova - HRO.org in English
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Court upholds decision to prolong detention of Leonid Razvozzhaev - HRO.org in English

Court upholds decision to prolong detention of Leonid Razvozzhaev - HRO.org in English
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OVD-Info reports on politically-motivated detentions - HRO.org in English

OVD-Info reports on politically-motivated detentions - HRO.org in English
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Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression in Moscow - HRO.org in English

Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression in Moscow - HRO.org in English
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Saturday 2 November 2013

Week-ending 1 November 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 1 November 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Friday 1 November 2013

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: October 2013 - Rights in Russia

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: October 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Thursday 31 October 2013

Kolokoltsev proposes criminal liability for extremism on the Internet - HRO.org in English

Kolokoltsev proposes criminal liability for extremism on the Internet - HRO.org in English
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Prosecutors demand that Women of the Don be recognized as a ‘foreign agent’ - HRO.org in English

Prosecutors demand that Women of the Don be recognized as a ‘foreign agent’ - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 30 October 2013

Environmental activist Dmitry Litvinov punished while on remand for letters to family - HRO.org in English

Environmental activist Dmitry Litvinov punished while on remand for letters to family - HRO.org in English
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Solidarity at the Sakharov Center with Khodorkovsky and all political prisoners in Russia - HRO.org in English

Solidarity at the Sakharov Center with Khodorkovsky and all political prisoners in Russia - HRO.org in English
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LGBT activists protest over human rights violations during the Olympic torch relay in St Petersburg - HRO.org in English

LGBT activists protest over human rights violations during the Olympic torch relay in St Petersburg - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 29 October 2013

Furkat Tishaev: Amending the Law on 'Foreign Agents' - HRO.org in English

Furkat Tishaev: Amending the Law on 'Foreign Agents' - HRO.org in English
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Day of Remembrance for the victims of Stalinist terror in Moscow - HRO.org in English

Day of Remembrance for the victims of Stalinist terror in Moscow - HRO.org in English
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Monday 28 October 2013

Weekly Update No. 38 (28 October) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 38 (28 October) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Editor-in-Chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets calls for rethink of Rosbalt closure - HRO.org in English

Editor-in-Chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets calls for rethink of Rosbalt closure - HRO.org in English
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New charges for Greenpeace activists - HRO.org in English

New charges for Greenpeace activists - HRO.org in English
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Human Rights Council asks Prosecutor General to halt legal proceedings against NGOs prior to Constitutional Court ruling - HRO.org in English

Human Rights Council asks Prosecutor General to halt legal proceedings against NGOs prior to Constitutional Court ruling - HRO.org in English
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Sunday 27 October 2013

Svetlana Gannushkina: Playing with the Law - HRO.org in English

Svetlana Gannushkina: Playing with the Law - HRO.org in English
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Week-ending 25 October 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 25 October 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 26 October 2013

Statement by Human Rights Defenders: "End the Police State" - HRO.org in English

Statement by Human Rights Defenders: "End the Police State" - HRO.org in English
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Friday 25 October 2013

Has Nadezhda Tolokonnikova been transferred to Chuvashia? - HRO.org in English

Has Nadezhda Tolokonnikova been transferred to Chuvashia? - HRO.org in English
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Court confirms Ryazan Memorial is not engaged in political activity, but finds no violation of organization's rights - HRO.org in English

Court confirms Ryazan Memorial is not engaged in political activity, but finds no violation of organization's rights - HRO.org in English
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Agora Report: Prosecutor General's assertions disproved by results of inspections - HRO.org in English

Agora Report: Prosecutor General's assertions disproved by results of inspections - HRO.org in English
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Quote for the Day: Mikhail Khodorkovsky

"Consensus has to be achieved on a foundation of respect for the rights of each person and of each minority in society" - Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Quote for the Day
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Thursday 24 October 2013

Human Rights Watch: Activist Held Without Bail - HRO.org in English

Human Rights Watch: Activist Held Without Bail - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 23 October 2013

Aleksandr Podrabinek: Fairy Tales about the Amnesty (Ezhenedelnyi zhurnal)

Aleksandr Podrabinek: Fairy Tales about the Amnesty (Ezhenedelnyi zhurnal)
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Tuesday 22 October 2013

Presidential Human Rights Council appeals to Chaika and Bastrykin to drop charges against Greenpeace activists - HRO.org in English

Presidential Human Rights Council appeals to Chaika and Bastrykin to drop charges against Greenpeace activists - HRO.org in English
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Sergei Nikitin on Navalny Trial: 'What we have seen is a parody of a trial" (Kommersant-FM) - Rights in Russia

Sergei Nikitin on Navalny Trial: 'What we have seen is a parody of a trial" (Kommersant-FM) - Rights in Russia
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Human rights defenders demand full public oversight of government - HRO.org in English

Human rights defenders demand full public oversight of government - HRO.org in English
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For Fifth Time, LGBT Activists Denied Right to Hold Rally in Moscow - HRO.org in English

For Fifth Time, LGBT Activists Denied Right to Hold Rally in Moscow - HRO.org in English
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Monday 21 October 2013

Weekly Update No. 37 (21 October) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 37 (21 October) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Sunday 20 October 2013

Amnesty International: "NGO court defeat is another 'dangerous' sign for human rights" - HRO.org in English

Amnesty International: "NGO court defeat is another 'dangerous' sign for human rights" - HRO.org in English
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Presidium of Supreme Court to hear Pichugin case on 23 October - HRO.org in English

Presidium of Supreme Court to hear Pichugin case on 23 October - HRO.org in English
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September 2013 - Rights in Russia

September 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 19 October 2013

State Duma to consider bill to expand FSB oversight of the Internet - HRO.org in English

State Duma to consider bill to expand FSB oversight of the Internet - HRO.org in English
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Professor Mikhail Savva seeks public support - HRO.org in English

Professor Mikhail Savva seeks public support - HRO.org in English
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Friday 18 October 2013

Week-ending 18 October 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 18 October 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Thursday 17 October 2013

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova breaks the ‘information blockade’ - HRO.org in English

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova breaks the ‘information blockade’ - HRO.org in English
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Help Andrei Allakhverdov return home - HRO.org in English

Help Andrei Allakhverdov return home - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 16 October 2013

Russian Supreme Court upholds verdict in case of Pussy Riot member Samutsevich - HRO.org in English

Russian Supreme Court upholds verdict in case of Pussy Riot member Samutsevich - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 15 October 2013

Human Rights Defenders on the Events at Biriulevo - HRO.org in English

Human Rights Defenders on the Events at Biriulevo - HRO.org in English
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Amnesty International on the sentencing of Mikhail Kosenko - HRO.org in English

Amnesty International on the sentencing of Mikhail Kosenko - HRO.org in English
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Monday 14 October 2013

Weekly Update No. 36 (14 October) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 36 (14 October) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Week-ending 11 October 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 11 October 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Statement by Professor Mikhail Savva - HRO.org in English

Statement by Professor Mikhail Savva - HRO.org in English
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Court extends detention of Professor Mikhail Savva until 30 November - HRO.org in English

Court extends detention of Professor Mikhail Savva until 30 November - HRO.org in English
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Prosecutors take Perm Human Rights Centre to court once again - HRO.org in English

Prosecutors take Perm Human Rights Centre to court once again - HRO.org in English
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Defence to appeal sentence imposed on Mikhail Kosenko - HRO.org in English

Defence to appeal sentence imposed on Mikhail Kosenko - HRO.org in English
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Olga Gnezdilova: No Summary Fines for NGOs As Yet - HRO.org in English

Olga Gnezdilova: No Summary Fines for NGOs As Yet - HRO.org in English
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Protest in Moscow over bill to deny LGBT community of parental rights - HRO.org in English

Protest in Moscow over bill to deny LGBT community of parental rights - HRO.org in English
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Friday 11 October 2013

President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers asked to ensure Nadezhda Tolokonnikova can meet her lawyers - HRO.org in English

President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers asked to ensure Nadezhda Tolokonnikova can meet her lawyers - HRO.org in English
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Joint Mobile Group wins Martin Ennals Award - HRO.org in English

Joint Mobile Group wins Martin Ennals Award - HRO.org in English
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Yury Savenko: Political Abuse of Psychiatry has Returned - HRO.org in English

Yury Savenko: Political Abuse of Psychiatry has Returned - HRO.org in English
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Mikhail Kosenko's Last Words In Court Before Sentencing

Mikhail Kosenko's Last Words In Court Before Sentencing
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Health and Guilt: Interview with Vyacheslav Bakhmin on the Sentencing of Mikhail Kosenko

Health and Guilt: Interview with Vyacheslav Bakhmin on the Sentencing of Mikhail Kosenko
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Tuesday 8 October 2013

Swedish citizens not allowed to adopt Russian orphans - HRO.org in English

Swedish citizens not allowed to adopt Russian orphans - HRO.org in English
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Evgeniya Albats: 'Russia-2013: The KGB in Power' (New Times)

Evgeniya Albats: 'Russia-2013: The KGB in Power' (New Times)
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Monday 7 October 2013

Weekly Update No. 35 (7 October) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 35 (7 October) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Boris Altshuler: 'These Children Must Not Be Forgotten'

Boris Altshuler: 'These Children Must Not Be Forgotten'
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Week-ending 4 October 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 4 October 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Sunday 6 October 2013

State prosecutors ask for Mikhail Kosenko to undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment - HRO.org in English

State prosecutors ask for Mikhail Kosenko to undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment - HRO.org in English
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Saturday 5 October 2013

Statement by the Union of Journalists of Russia on the detention of Denis Sinyakov

Statement by the Union of Journalists of Russia on the detention of Denis Sinyakov
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Andrei Allakhverdov - One of the Arctic 30

Andrei Allakhverdov - One of the Arctic 30
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Charges against Mikhail Savva forwarded to the court - HRO.org in English

Charges against Mikhail Savva forwarded to the court - HRO.org in English
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Friday 4 October 2013

"The Critical Years": Exhibition of Photographs by Dmitry Borko at International Memorial Society - HRO.org in English

"The Critical Years": Exhibition of Photographs by Dmitry Borko at International Memorial Society - HRO.org in English
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Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: September 2013

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: September 2013
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Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: August 2013

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: August 2013
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Thursday 3 October 2013

Vadim Karastelev: Conditions of detention of Professor Mikhail Savva are cause for serious concern (Live Journal)

Vadim Karastelev: Conditions of detention of Professor Mikhail Savva are cause for serious concern (Live Journal)
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2013 Moscow Helsinki Group Human Rights Awards - HRO.org in English

2013 Moscow Helsinki Group Human Rights Awards - HRO.org in English
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Jens Siegert: "Minor irritations for the regime, or significant opposition achievements?"

Jens Siegert: "Minor irritations for the regime, or significant opposition achievements?"
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Relatives of "6th May Prisoners" send letter to Moscow Mayor Sobyanin - HRO.org in English

Relatives of "6th May Prisoners" send letter to Moscow Mayor Sobyanin - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 2 October 2013

Efforts to obtain the release of Greenpeace activists continue - HRO.org in English

Efforts to obtain the release of Greenpeace activists continue - HRO.org in English
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"This is an outrage and represents nothing less than an assault on the very principle of peaceful protest." - Kumi Naidoo

"This is an outrage and represents nothing less than an assault on the very principle of peaceful protest." - Kumi Naidoo
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Tuesday 1 October 2013

Investigation into charges against Mikhail Savva completed (Kommersant)

Investigation into charges against Mikhail Savva completed (Kommersant)
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Monday 30 September 2013

Letter from Mikhail Khodorkovsky to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina - HRO.org in English

Letter from Mikhail Khodorkovsky to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina - HRO.org in English
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Weekly Update No. 34 (30 September) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 34 (30 September) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Week-ending 27 September 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 27 September 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Sunday 29 September 2013

Member of Human Rights Council says Tolokonnikova’s complaints based on facts - HRO.org in English

Member of Human Rights Council says Tolokonnikova’s complaints based on facts - HRO.org in English
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Hearing of appeal by Ryazan Memorial against Prosecutor’s Office to continue on 16 October - HRO.org in English

Hearing of appeal by Ryazan Memorial against Prosecutor’s Office to continue on 16 October - HRO.org in English
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Saturday 28 September 2013

Journalists speak out in support of detained photographer Denis Sinyakov (Lenta.ru)

Journalists speak out in support of detained photographer Denis Sinyakov (Lenta.ru)
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Friday 27 September 2013

Media in solidarity action over custody of Denis Sinyakov - HRO.org in English

Media in solidarity action over custody of Denis Sinyakov - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 25 September 2013

Members of Human Rights Council travel to Mordovia to investigate reports of violations at penal colony - HRO.org in English

Members of Human Rights Council travel to Mordovia to investigate reports of violations at penal colony - HRO.org in English
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Sign the petition in support of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova! - HRO.org in English

Sign the petition in support of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova! - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 24 September 2013

Youth Human Rights Movement: Russia rejects concrete recommendations at United Nations Human Rights Council

Youth Human Rights Movement: Russia rejects concrete recommendations at United Nations Human Rights Council
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Monday 23 September 2013

Weekly Update No. 33 (23 September) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 33 (23 September) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Week-ending 20 September 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 20 September 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Amnesty International launches campaign against human rights violations in Russia ahead of Sochi Olympics - HRO.org in English

Amnesty International launches campaign against human rights violations in Russia ahead of Sochi Olympics - HRO.org in English
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Saturday 21 September 2013

New deadline for appeals against Ilya Farber's sentence requested by…Public Prosecutor’s Office - HRO.org in English

New deadline for appeals against Ilya Farber's sentence requested by…Public Prosecutor’s Office - HRO.org in English
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Amnesty International condemns Russian court’s decision to uphold Golos fine - HRO.org in English

Amnesty International condemns Russian court’s decision to uphold Golos fine - HRO.org in English
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Greenpeace: Environmentalists’ ship Arctic Sunrise seized - HRO.org in English

Greenpeace: Environmentalists’ ship Arctic Sunrise seized - HRO.org in English
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Tatiana Shamsova on the Bolotnaya Trial: Not a Legal Proceeding, but an Act of Reprisal and a Mockery of Justice

Tatiana Shamsova on the Bolotnaya Trial: Not a Legal Proceeding, but an Act of Reprisal and a Mockery of Justice 
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Thursday 19 September 2013

Perm Youth Memorial joins EU-Russia Civil Society Forum - HRO.org in English

Perm Youth Memorial joins EU-Russia Civil Society Forum - HRO.org in English
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Robert Van Voren: An Appeal for Donations by Foundation Inostrannyi Agent - Human Rights Initiative for Russia

Robert Van Voren: An Appeal for Donations by Foundation Inostrannyi Agent - Human Rights Initiative for Russia
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An interview with Ella Pamfilova: "An incubator for human rights activists" (The New Times)

An interview with Ella Pamfilova: "An incubator for human rights activists" (The New Times)
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Wednesday 18 September 2013

Andrei Yurov: A Letter to President Obama

Andrei Yurov: A Letter to President Obama
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Ministry of Justice rules Komi Memorial Human Rights Commission does not engage in political activity - HRO.org in English

Ministry of Justice rules Komi Memorial Human Rights Commission does not engage in political activity - HRO.org in English
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Ivan Pavlov: Comments at meeting with President Obama

Ivan Pavlov: Comments at meeting with President Obama
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Tuesday 17 September 2013

Federal Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin sues St Petersburg Public Prosecutor's Office - HRO.org in English

Federal Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin sues St Petersburg Public Prosecutor's Office - HRO.org in English
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Witness in Bolotnaya trial fails to identify Kosenko as participant in alleged riot - HRO.org in English

Witness in Bolotnaya trial fails to identify Kosenko as participant in alleged riot - HRO.org in English
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Monday 16 September 2013

Court rules person convicted of hate speech in Chuvashia must have compulsory psychiatric treatment - HRO.org in English

Court rules person convicted of hate speech in Chuvashia must have compulsory psychiatric treatment - HRO.org in English
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Weekly Update No. 32 (16 September) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 32 (16 September) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Boris Altshuler: My Answer to Putin

Boris Altshuler: My Answer to Putin
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Sunday 15 September 2013

Week-ending 13 September 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 13 September 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Svetlana Gannushkina: Chechens flee to Germany from Kadyrov’s totalitarian regime - HRO.org in English

Svetlana Gannushkina: Chechens flee to Germany from Kadyrov’s totalitarian regime - HRO.org in English
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Saturday 14 September 2013

Jens Siegert: "Navalny’s election – the Birth of an Opposition Leader?"

Jens Siegert: "Navalny’s election – the Birth of an Opposition Leader?"
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Friday 13 September 2013

Bolotnaya detainee Mikhail Kosenko not allowed to attend mother’s funeral - HRO.org in English

Bolotnaya detainee Mikhail Kosenko not allowed to attend mother’s funeral - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 12 September 2013

Human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina urges President Barack Obama not to carry out military operations in Syria - HRO.org in English

Human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina urges President Barack Obama not to carry out military operations in Syria - HRO.org in English
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Political Prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky Addresses ‘Prisoners of 6 May’ - HRO.org in English

Political Prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky Addresses ‘Prisoners of 6 May’ - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 11 September 2013

Campaign to boycott the Sochi Olympics launched in Europe - HRO.org in English

Campaign to boycott the Sochi Olympics launched in Europe - HRO.org in English
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Investigative Committee finds use of ‘Swallow’ torture method by Kazan police warranted - HRO.org in English

Investigative Committee finds use of ‘Swallow’ torture method by Kazan police warranted - HRO.org in English
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Youth Human Rights Movement: Open statement by Russian human rights defenders on the situation in Syria

Youth Human Rights Movement: Open statement by Russian human rights defenders on the situation in Syria
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Tuesday 10 September 2013

Viktor Shenderovich: "An Essential Line of Divide" (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)

Viktor Shenderovich: "An Essential Line of Divide" (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)
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Presidential Human Rights Council urges human rights activists to unite to help resolve Syrian conflict - HRO.org in English

Presidential Human Rights Council urges human rights activists to unite to help resolve Syrian conflict - HRO.org in English
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Monday 9 September 2013

Weekly Update No. 31 (9 September) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 31 (9 September) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Novye Izvestiya: Agents Against Their Will - Failed applications for state grants force NGOs to seek support abroad

Novye Izvestiya: Agents Against Their Will - Failed applications for state grants force NGOs to seek support abroad
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Sunday 8 September 2013

Week-ending 6 September 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 6 September 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Friday 6 September 2013

Mikhail Fedotov suggests funding NGOs through business and charity - HRO.org in English

Mikhail Fedotov suggests funding NGOs through business and charity - HRO.org in English
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St. Petersburg bans traditional commemoration of victims of Red Terror - HRO.org in English

St. Petersburg bans traditional commemoration of victims of Red Terror - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 5 September 2013

Chloe Cranston: Painting tests sense of humour in St. Petersburg

Chloe Cranston: Painting tests sense of humour in St. Petersburg
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Painting seized from Museum of Erotica on eve of St. Petersburg summit - HRO.org in English

Painting seized from Museum of Erotica on eve of St. Petersburg summit - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 4 September 2013

Lukin challenges law on “foreign agents” in Constitutional Court - HRO.org in English

Lukin challenges law on “foreign agents” in Constitutional Court - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 3 September 2013

Magnitogorsk teacher forced to resign for supporting LGBT movement - HRO.org in English

Magnitogorsk teacher forced to resign for supporting LGBT movement - HRO.org in English
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'It’s Hard to be a Prisoner'

Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'It’s Hard to be a Prisoner'
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Monday 2 September 2013

Robert van Voren: Psychiatry as a Tool for Coercion in Post-Soviet Countries

Robert van Voren: Psychiatry as a Tool for Coercion in Post-Soviet Countries
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Friday 2 August 2013

August Break - Rights in Russia

August Break - Rights in Russia

We are taking our regular August break - back on 1st September - best wishes from Rights in Russia
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Roman Dobrokhotov: Open Letter to Edward Snowden (Echo of Moscow)

Roman Dobrokhotov: Open Letter to Edward Snowden (Echo of Moscow)
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Noticeboard: REVOLITION Pussy Riot Sentencing Commemoration Festival, 18-19 August, Manchester, UK

REVOLITION Pussy Riot Sentencing Commemoration Festival, 18-19 August, Manchester, UK
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July 2013 - Rights in Russia

July 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Perm prosecutors appeal court rulings in 'foreign agents' cases - HRO.org in English

Perm prosecutors appeal court rulings in 'foreign agents' cases - HRO.org in English
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Moscow authorities permit rally in support of defendants in ‘Bolotnaya case’ - HRO.org in English

Moscow authorities permit rally in support of defendants in ‘Bolotnaya case’ - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 1 August 2013

Federation Council gets ready to discuss amendments to ‘Foreign Agents’ law - HRO.org in English

Federation Council gets ready to discuss amendments to ‘Foreign Agents’ law - HRO.org in English
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Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: July 2013 - Rights in Russia

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: July 2013 - Rights in Russia
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St. Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office vs. Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre, Round 2 - HRO.org in English

St. Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office vs. Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre, Round 2 - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 31 July 2013

Prosecutor General's Office calls Ingush NGO Mashr 'foreign agent' despite court decision - HRO.org in English

Prosecutor General's Office calls Ingush NGO Mashr 'foreign agent' despite court decision - HRO.org in English
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Supreme Court to consider possibility of quashing Aleksei Pichugin’s conviction - HRO.org in English

Supreme Court to consider possibility of quashing Aleksei Pichugin’s conviction - HRO.org in English
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London LGBT Rights Protest outside Russian Embassy (10 August 2013) - Noticeboard

London LGBT Rights Protest outside Russian Embassy (10 August 2013)
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Tuesday 30 July 2013

Weekly Update No. 30 (29 July) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 30 (29 July) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Quote for the Day: Karinna Moskalenko

“The judgment that the trial was not fair necessitates the release of both men without further delay” - Karinna Moskalenko on the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev 
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Monday 29 July 2013

We wish you freedom! - Birthday greetings to Aleksei Pichugin from human rights defenders, politicians, cultural figures, and journalists - HRO.org in English

We wish you freedom! - Birthday greetings to Aleksei Pichugin from human rights defenders, politicians, cultural figures, and journalists - HRO.org in English
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Six LGBT activists charged in Moscow under law banning 'gay propaganda' - HRO.org in English

Six LGBT activists charged in Moscow under law banning 'gay propaganda' - HRO.org in English
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Sunday 28 July 2013

Week-ending 26 July 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 26 July 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 27 July 2013

Investigative Committee believes there may have been an attempt to release Khodorkovsky through reforming Criminal Code - HRO.org in English

Investigative Committee believes there may have been an attempt to release Khodorkovsky through reforming Criminal Code - HRO.org in English
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Human Rights Council to present draft amendments on NGO law to President Putin - HRO.org in English

Human Rights Council to present draft amendments on NGO law to President Putin - HRO.org in English
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Friday 26 July 2013

Environmental activist murdered in Tatarstan - HRO.org in English

Environmental activist murdered in Tatarstan - HRO.org in English
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Four Dutch citizens banned from entering Russia for spreading “homosexual propaganda” - HRO.org in English

Four Dutch citizens banned from entering Russia for spreading “homosexual propaganda” - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 25 July 2013

Was force used against Maria Alekhina? - Contradictory information - HRO.org in English

Was force used against Maria Alekhina? - Contradictory information - HRO.org in English
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The Threat to the Rule of Law - HRO.org in English

The Threat to the Rule of Law - HRO.org in English
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Ludmila Alekseeva on the Bolotnaya Prisoners: They are in detention for us all - HRO.org in English

Ludmila Alekseeva on the Bolotnaya Prisoners: They are in detention for us all - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 24 July 2013

Court sentences driver to prison for blocking police vans on Manezh Square - HRO.org in English

Court sentences driver to prison for blocking police vans on Manezh Square - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 23 July 2013

Ludmila Alekseeva: Help the Bolotnaya Prisoners - HRO.org in English

Ludmila Alekseeva: Help the Bolotnaya Prisoners - HRO.org in English
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Monday 22 July 2013

Weekly Update No. 29 (22 July) 2013

No. 29 (22 July) 2013
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Ella Pamfilova and Valentin Gefter questioned by Investigative Committee - HRO.org in English

Ella Pamfilova and Valentin Gefter questioned by Investigative Committee - HRO.org in English
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Rights in Russia: Week-ending 19 July 2013

Rights in Russia: Week-ending 19 July 2013
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Magistrates’ court dismisses charges against Perm Human Rights Centre for not registering as ‘foreign agent’ - Human Rights Groups in Russia

Magistrates’ court dismisses charges against Perm Human Rights Centre for not registering as ‘foreign agent’ - Human Rights Groups in Russia
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Golos accused of failing to pay 2.3 million roubles in tax on a donation - HRO.org in English

Golos accused of failing to pay 2.3 million roubles in tax on a donation - HRO.org in English
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Sunday 21 July 2013

Prosecutor General's Office proposes its own definition of 'political activity' - HRO.org in English

Prosecutor General's Office proposes its own definition of 'political activity' - HRO.org in English
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Boris Akunin: "You said the little guy can't win?" - HRO.org in English

Boris Akunin: "You said the little guy can't win?" - HRO.org in English
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Jens Siegert on the Trial and Conviction of Aleksei Navalny: interview with Tagesschau.de (on the German ARD TV network)

Jens Siegert on the Trial and Conviction of Aleksei Navalny: interview with Tagesschau.de (on the German ARD TV network)
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Ludmila Alekseeva on the public reaction to the sentencing of Aleksei Navalny: "This has never happened before"

Ludmila Alekseeva on the public reaction to the sentencing of Aleksei Navalny: "This has never happened before"
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Saturday 20 July 2013

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: June 2013

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: June 2013 
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Where are they taking Maria Alekhina? - HRO.org in English

Where are they taking Maria Alekhina? - HRO.org in English
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Tamara Morshchakova: By law, Magnitsky could only be exonerated (Voice of America)

Tamara Morshchakova: By law, Magnitsky could only be exonerated (Voice of America) 
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Friday 19 July 2013

Anton Nosik: "Five Years in a Camp" (Echo of Moscow)

Anton Nosik: "Five Years in a Camp" (Echo of Moscow)
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Georgy Satarov: Navalny's Sentence (Echo of Moscow)

Georgy Satarov: Navalny's Sentence (Echo of Moscow)
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Fundraising Campaign - Rights in Russia

Fundraising Campaign - Rights in Russia
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Amnesty International on the trial of Navalny and Ofitserov - HRO.org in English

Amnesty International on the trial of Navalny and Ofitserov - HRO.org in English
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Memorial statement on the sentencing of Aleksei Navalny and Petr Ofitserov (HRO.org in English)

Memorial statement on the sentencing of Aleksei Navalny and Petr Ofitserov (HRO.org in English)
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Thursday 18 July 2013

Mikhail Khodorkovsky On Navalny Verdict - HRO.org in English

Mikhail Khodorkovsky On Navalny Verdict - HRO.org in English
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Boris Akunin: "No Elections - For Life" (LiveJournal)

Boris Akunin: "No Elections - For Life" (LiveJournal)
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Amnesty International: "Posthumous conviction of Magnitsky is the height of absurdity" - HRO.org in English

Amnesty International: "Posthumous conviction of Magnitsky is the height of absurdity" - HRO.org in English
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St Petersburg: Court rules in case of Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre - HRO.org in English

St Petersburg: Court rules in case of Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre - HRO.org in English
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Nezavisimaya gazeta reports more arrests in Bolotnaya case planned - HRO.org in English

Nezavisimaya gazeta reports more arrests in Bolotnaya case planned - HRO.org in English
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Golos lodges appeal against Justice Ministry’s decision to suspend it - HRO.org in English

Golos lodges appeal against Justice Ministry’s decision to suspend it - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 17 July 2013

Perm Human Rights Centre must prove it is not a ‘foreign agent’ in two courts at the same time - HRO.org in English

Perm Human Rights Centre must prove it is not a ‘foreign agent’ in two courts at the same time - HRO.org in English
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Magistrates’ court takes the side of NGO in ‘foreign agent’ case - HRO.org in English

Magistrates’ court takes the side of NGO in ‘foreign agent’ case - HRO.org in English
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Perm: Court finds Grani Centre is not a ‘foreign agent’ - HRO.org in English

Perm: Court finds Grani Centre is not a ‘foreign agent’ - HRO.org in English
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Federation Council intends to amend NGO law - HRO.org in English

Federation Council intends to amend NGO law - HRO.org in English
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Human rights defenders meet with Edward Snowden - HRO.org in English

Human rights defenders meet with Edward Snowden - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 16 July 2013

Tatiana Kosinova: A postscript to the Prosecutor General's PR offensive - HRO.org in English

Tatiana Kosinova: A postscript to the Prosecutor General's PR offensive - HRO.org in English
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Members of the Presidential Council for Human Rights urge compassion - HRO.org in English

Members of the Presidential Council for Human Rights urge compassion - HRO.org in English
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St Petersburg: in memory of Natalia Estemirova - HRO.org in English

St Petersburg: in memory of Natalia Estemirova - HRO.org in English
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Monday 15 July 2013

Weekly Update No. 28 (15 July) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 28 (15 July) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Georgy Satarov: 'They want to sentence us all to life'

Georgy Satarov: 'They want to sentence us all to life'
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Chelyabinsk: Pictures of orphans violate the law on advertising; they have to be removed from the city centre

Chelyabinsk: Pictures of orphans violate the law on advertising; they have to be removed from the city centre
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Novaya gazeta journalist Elena Kostiuchenko fined for taking part in Moscow Gay Pride - HRO.org in English

Novaya gazeta journalist Elena Kostiuchenko fined for taking part in Moscow Gay Pride - HRO.org in English
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LGBT activist kidnapped by anti-extremism police in Ekaterinburg - HRO.org in English

LGBT activist kidnapped by anti-extremism police in Ekaterinburg - HRO.org in English
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Week-ending 12 July 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 12 July 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 13 July 2013

Results of the "hunt for foreign agents" - HRO.org in English

Results of the "hunt for foreign agents" - HRO.org in English
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Constitutional Court obliges website owners to remove defamatory materials - HRO.org in English

Constitutional Court obliges website owners to remove defamatory materials - HRO.org in English
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Russian President says funds for NGOs should be distributed by independent operator - HRO.org in English

Russian President says funds for NGOs should be distributed by independent operator - HRO.org in English
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'An Unsavoury Story' (Grani.ru)

Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'An Unsavoury Story' (Grani.ru)
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Friday 12 July 2013

Russian President says funds for NGOs should be distributed by independent operator - HRO.org in English

Russian President says funds for NGOs should be distributed by independent operator - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 11 July 2013

Journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev murdered - Memorial Statement - HRO.org in English

Journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev murdered - Memorial Statement - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 10 July 2013

Aleksei Pichugin ten years on: How long before justice is done? - HRO.org in English

Aleksei Pichugin ten years on: How long before justice is done? - HRO.org in English
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Are NGOs to be divided into 'sheep' and 'goats'? - HRO.org in English

Are NGOs to be divided into 'sheep' and 'goats'? - HRO.org in English
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Tatyana Margolina: Perm region without the Pilorama Civic Forum is no longer Perm region - HRO.org in English

Tatyana Margolina: Perm region without the Pilorama Civic Forum is no longer Perm region - HRO.org in English
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Sobyanin orders new premises to be given to For Human Rights - HRO.org in English

Sobyanin orders new premises to be given to For Human Rights - HRO.org in English
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Theatre of the absurd in Perm courtroom - HRO.org in English

Theatre of the absurd in Perm courtroom - HRO.org in English
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Perm Forum Pilorama-2013 cancelled - HRO.org in English

Perm Forum Pilorama-2013 cancelled - HRO.org in English
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Golos re-emerges in new guise - HRO.org in English

Golos re-emerges in new guise - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 9 July 2013

Weekly Update No. 27 (8 July) 2013 - Rights in Russia

No. 27 (8 July) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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In Memory of Aleksandr Pavlovich Lavut - HRO.org in English

In Memory of Aleksandr Pavlovich Lavut - HRO.org in English
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Sunday 7 July 2013

Aleksei Navalny's Closing Speech at his Trial

Aleksei Navalny's Closing Speech at his Trial
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Prosecutor asks for opposition leader Navalny to be given a six-year sentence - HRO.org in English

Prosecutor asks for opposition leader Navalny to be given a six-year sentence - HRO.org in English
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European Court says prisoners in Russia should vote - HRO.org in English

European Court says prisoners in Russia should vote - HRO.org in English
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Stanislav Dmitrievsky: Judges begin to show their teeth (POLIT-NN.ru) - Human Rights in Russia

Stanislav Dmitrievsky: Judges begin to show their teeth (POLIT-NN.ru) - Human Rights in Russia
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Week-ending 5 July 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 5 July 2013 - Rights in Russia
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June 2013 - Rights in Russia

June 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 6 July 2013

Ten years ago journalist and human rights defender Yury Shchekochikhin died - HRO.org in English

Ten years ago journalist and human rights defender Yury Shchekochikhin died - HRO.org in English
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Wish Aleksei Pichugin a Happy Birthday! - HRO.org in English

Wish Aleksei Pichugin a Happy Birthday! - HRO.org in English
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Foreigners and "extremists" banned from setting up religious organisations - HRO.org in English

Foreigners and "extremists" banned from setting up religious organisations - HRO.org in English
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Friday 5 July 2013

The ‘Bolotnoe case’ is a Political Trial. Statement by International Memorial Society - HRO.org in English

The ‘Bolotnoe case’ is a Political Trial. Statement by International Memorial Society - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 4 July 2013

Mikhail Savva: Academic, human rights defender and political prisoner - HRO.org in English

Mikhail Savva: Academic, human rights defender and political prisoner - HRO.org in English
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Nizhny Novgorod: Ombudsman Calls for Prosecution of Rights Defender for 'Insulting Public Official' - HRO.org in English

Nizhny Novgorod: Ombudsman Calls for Prosecution of Rights Defender for 'Insulting Public Official' - HRO.org in English
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Rzhev doctors to appear in court - HRO.org in English

Rzhev doctors to appear in court - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 3 July 2013

Jens Siegert: What's the best way of dealing with Putin?

Jens Siegert: What's the best way of dealing with Putin?
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Tuesday 2 July 2013

Inspection of Penal Colony No. 6, Chelyabinsk Region

Inspection of Penal Colony No. 6, Chelyabinsk Region
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Inspection of Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 3, Chelyabinsk Region

Inspection of Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 3, Chelyabinsk Region
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Monday 1 July 2013

Weekly Update No. 26 (1 July) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 26 (1 July) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Week-ending 28 June 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 28 June 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 29 June 2013

Ministry of Justice Suspends Golos - HRO.org in English

Ministry of Justice Suspends Golos - HRO.org in English
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Aleksandr Podrabinek on the Bolotnaya Trial: Defendants Plead Not-Guilty

Aleksandr Podrabinek on the Bolotnaya Trial: Defendants Plead Not-Guilty
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Seizure of the Office of the Movement For Human Rights - HRO.org in English

Seizure of the Office of the Movement For Human Rights - HRO.org in English
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Friday 28 June 2013

John Crowfoot on Golos: How to resist quasi-legal demands and pressure?

John Crowfoot on Golos: How to resist quasi-legal demands and pressure?
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Remembering Mikhail Timenchik - HRO.org in English

Remembering Mikhail Timenchik - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 27 June 2013

Aleksandr Podrabinek on Aleksandr Lavut (Grani.ru)

Aleksandr Podrabinek on Aleksandr Lavut (Grani.ru)
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Quote for the Day - Galina Arapova on the blocking of major news websites in Ulyanovsk region

'We expected this to happen. The legislation is so vague. [...] This is just the beginning" - Galina Arapova on the blocking of major news websites in Ulyanovsk region
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Wednesday 26 June 2013

Funding from the FSB or Why domestic financing can be more dangerous for NGOs than foreign funding (Lenta.ru)

Funding from the FSB or Why domestic financing can be more dangerous for NGOs than foreign funding (Lenta.ru)
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Elena Ryabinina: "Once again on the Russian courts" - HRO.org in English

Elena Ryabinina: "Once again on the Russian courts" - HRO.org in English
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Monday 24 June 2013

Weekly Update No. 25 (24 June) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 25 (24 June) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Week-ending 21 June 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 21 June 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Sunday 23 June 2013

Jens Siegert: "Putin and Civil Society"

Jens Siegert: "Putin and Civil Society" 
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'In a Mad Country, the Opposition is Mad Too' (Grani.ru)

Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'In a Mad Country, the Opposition is Mad Too' (Grani.ru) 
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'The Slow-moving Bolotnaya Trial' (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)

Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'The Slow-moving Bolotnaya Trial' (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)
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Friday 21 June 2013

Golos will close down and then start up again in time for Moscow Mayoral elections - HRO.org in English

Golos will close down and then start up again in time for Moscow Mayoral elections - HRO.org in English
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Magnitsky’s mother requests public hearings for judges who approved son’s detention - HRO.org in English

Magnitsky’s mother requests public hearings for judges who approved son’s detention - HRO.org in English
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European Court of Human Rights registers Navalny's application over "swindlers and thieves" - Internet Freedom in Russia

European Court of Human Rights registers Navalny's application over "swindlers and thieves" - Internet Freedom in Russia
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Thursday 20 June 2013

Decisions by the European Court of Human Rights may no longer be grounds for review by the courts in Russia - HRO.org in English

Decisions by the European Court of Human Rights may no longer be grounds for review by the courts in Russia - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 19 June 2013

Court fines Svetlana Gannushkina 2,000 roubles. HRO.org reports - HRO.org in English

Court fines Svetlana Gannushkina 2,000 roubles. HRO.org reports - HRO.org in English
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Speak Up! - An Open Letter to Prime Minister Mr David Cameron - Noticeboard

Speak Up! - An Open Letter to Prime Minister Mr David Cameron
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Memorial Contests Requirement to Register as Foreign Agent - HRO.org in English

Memorial Contests Requirement to Register as Foreign Agent - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 18 June 2013

Lukin attempts to improve NGO law - HRO.org in English

Lukin attempts to improve NGO law - HRO.org in English
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Court extends pre-trial custody of Krasnodar rights defender Mikhail Savva - HRO.org in English

Court extends pre-trial custody of Krasnodar rights defender Mikhail Savva - HRO.org in English
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Weekly Update No. 24 (17 June) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 24 (17 June) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Sunday 16 June 2013

Week-ending 14 June 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 14 June 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: May 2013

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: May 2013
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Duma adopts “anti-gay law” - HRO.org in English

Duma adopts “anti-gay law” - HRO.org in English
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“Agents” in the World of Science: Spymania Sweeps the Country - HRO.org in English

“Agents” in the World of Science: Spymania Sweeps the Country - HRO.org in English
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Moscow March against the Hangmen - HRO.org in English

Moscow March against the Hangmen - HRO.org in English
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: "The Hangmen Will Have To Put Up With It" (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)

Aleksandr Podrabinek: "The Hangmen Will Have To Put Up With It" (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)
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Georgy Satarov: "The Constitution of Russia - Betrayed by All"

Georgy Satarov: "The Constitution of Russia - Betrayed by All"
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Friday 14 June 2013

Activists from Nizhny Novgorod investigate alleged torture at Penal Colony No. 1 - HRO.org in English

Activists from Nizhny Novgorod investigate alleged torture at Penal Colony No. 1 - HRO.org in English
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Case against Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre returned to Prosecutors - HRO.org in English

Case against Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre returned to Prosecutors - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 13 June 2013

Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences call for Russia to remain a secular state - HRO.org in English

Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences call for Russia to remain a secular state - HRO.org in English
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"Clerics" and the "legislative printer" - HRO.org in English

"Clerics" and the "legislative printer" - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 12 June 2013

Maria Alekhina moved out of prison hospital - HRO.org in English

Maria Alekhina moved out of prison hospital - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 11 June 2013

FSB checking Moscow schools for collaboration with NGOs and independent trade unions - HRO.org in English

FSB checking Moscow schools for collaboration with NGOs and independent trade unions - HRO.org in English
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Only agents will remain... - HRO.org in English

Only agents will remain... - HRO.org in English
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Theatre of the “political” absurd: the work of experts is equated with political activity - HRO.org in English

Theatre of the “political” absurd: the work of experts is equated with political activity - HRO.org in English
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Monday 10 June 2013

Weekly Update No. 23 (10 June) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 23 (10 June) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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New commission proposed to oversee places of detention - HRO.org in English

New commission proposed to oversee places of detention - HRO.org in English
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Svetlana Gannushkina's trial postponed for two weeks - HRO.org in English

Svetlana Gannushkina's trial postponed for two weeks - HRO.org in English
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Members of Human Rights Council apologise to experts in Yukos case - HRO.org in English

Members of Human Rights Council apologise to experts in Yukos case - HRO.org in English
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Human Rights Council members at Higher School of Economics searched in connection with Yukos inquiry - HRO.org in English

Human Rights Council members at Higher School of Economics searched in connection with Yukos inquiry - HRO.org in English
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Presumed Guilty' (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal) - Rights in Russia

Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Presumed Guilty' (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal) - Rights in Russia
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Police open sixth case over Loskutov's ‘offensive’ Pussy Riot T-shirts - HRO.org in English

Police open sixth case over Loskutov's ‘offensive’ Pussy Riot T-shirts - HRO.org in English
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Ministry of Justice may classify about 100 NGOs as 'foreign agents’ - HRO.org in English

Ministry of Justice may classify about 100 NGOs as 'foreign agents’ - HRO.org in English
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Sunday 9 June 2013

Week-ending 7 June 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 7 June 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 8 June 2013

May 2013 - Rights in Russia

May 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Friday 7 June 2013

Leonid Nikitinsky on the third Yukos case (Novaya gazeta)

Leonid Nikitinsky on the third Yukos case (Novaya gazeta) 
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Custody extended for Krasnodar human rights defender Savva at closed hearing without lawyer - HRO.org in English

Custody extended for Krasnodar human rights defender Savva at closed hearing without lawyer - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 6 June 2013

Jens Siegert: Everything is Political

Jens Siegert: Everything is Political
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Committee Against Torture launches campaign "Officer, remember your oath" - HRO.org in English

Committee Against Torture launches campaign "Officer, remember your oath" - HRO.org in English
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Government proposes extending grounds for inspecting NGOs - HRO.org in English

Government proposes extending grounds for inspecting NGOs - HRO.org in English
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Maria Alekhina ends hungerstrike - HRO.org in English

Maria Alekhina ends hungerstrike - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 5 June 2013

Mikhail Savva's reflections on human rights from an FSB pre-trial detention centre (LiveJournal)

Mikhail Savva's reflections on human rights from an FSB pre-trial detention centre (LiveJournal)
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Sergei Guriev on the changing definition of 'normal' (Slon.ru)

Sergei Guriev on the changing definition of 'normal' (Slon.ru) 
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Elena Savva: My eye-witness account of court hearing on 5 June - (on the case of Mikhail Savva)

Elena Savva: My eye-witness account of court hearing on 5 June - (on the case of Mikhail Savva)
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Tuesday 4 June 2013

Aleksandr Podrabinek on Maria Alekhina: "Ordeal by Prison" (The New Times)

Aleksandr Podrabinek on Maria Alekhina: "Ordeal by Prison" (The New Times)
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Monday 3 June 2013

Weekly Update No. 22 (3 June) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 22 (3 June) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Georgy Satarov: “Spring Flare-up: The ‘Agents’ Case.” Part Three (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)

Georgy Satarov: “Spring Flare-up: The ‘Agents’ Case.” Part Three (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal) 
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Greenpeace wants to bring Voronezh region private security firm to justice - HRO.org in English

Greenpeace wants to bring Voronezh region private security firm to justice - HRO.org in English
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Week-ending 31 May 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 31 May 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Two violent attacks against anti-development protesters in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod in one day - HRO.org in English

Two violent attacks against anti-development protesters in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod in one day - HRO.org in English
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Government departments at loss to explain Putin's billion dollars for NGOs - HRO.org in English

Government departments at loss to explain Putin's billion dollars for NGOs - HRO.org in English
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Court declares a second NGO in Russia to be "foreign agent" - HRO.org in English

Court declares a second NGO in Russia to be "foreign agent" - HRO.org in English
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Levada Centre decides to do without foreign funding - HRO.org in English

Levada Centre decides to do without foreign funding - HRO.org in English
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Saturday 1 June 2013

Georgy Satarov: "Spring Flare-up: the 'Agents' case." Part Two (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)

Georgy Satarov: "Spring Flare-up: the 'Agents' case." Part Two (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)
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Mikhail Fedotov: Experts on the Yukos case acted within the law - HRO.org in English

Mikhail Fedotov: Experts on the Yukos case acted within the law - HRO.org in English
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Friday 31 May 2013

"The logic of the law enforcement agencies equates the expert community with foreign agents" (Vedomosti)

"The logic of the law enforcement agencies equates the expert community with foreign agents" (Vedomosti)
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Moscow City Court has no doubts about legality of Pussy Riot convictions - HRO.org in English

Moscow City Court has no doubts about legality of Pussy Riot convictions - HRO.org in English
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A billion dollars not subject to disclosure - HRO.org in English

A billion dollars not subject to disclosure - HRO.org in English
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Thursday 30 May 2013

Maria Alekhina hospitalized on seventh day of hunger strike - HRO.org in English

Maria Alekhina hospitalized on seventh day of hunger strike - HRO.org in English
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Abductions continue in Chechnya - HRO.org in English

Abductions continue in Chechnya - HRO.org in English
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Memorial Appeals against Prosecutor’s Office’s Order to Register as Foreign Agent - HRO.org in English

Memorial Appeals against Prosecutor’s Office’s Order to Register as Foreign Agent - HRO.org in English
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Prisoners at Kopeisk Penal Colony No.6 stage protest - HRO.org in English

Prisoners at Kopeisk Penal Colony No.6 stage protest - HRO.org in English
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Sakharov Centre overcomes bureaucratic hurdles to stage Freedom Festival - HRO.org in English

Sakharov Centre overcomes bureaucratic hurdles to stage Freedom Festival - HRO.org in English
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Maria Alekhina continues hunger strike in penal colony - HRO.org in English

Maria Alekhina continues hunger strike in penal colony - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 29 May 2013

Rights activists get warning, but not considered 'foreign agents' - Vedomosti

Rights activists get warning, but not considered 'foreign agents' - Vedomosti
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Russian Government Supports Tightening ‘Anti-Extremism’ laws - HRO.org in English

Russian Government Supports Tightening ‘Anti-Extremism’ laws - HRO.org in English
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Prosecution of ‘foreign agents’ continues in St. Petersburg - HRO.org in English

Prosecution of ‘foreign agents’ continues in St. Petersburg - HRO.org in English
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Sociologists speak out in support of Levada Centre - HRO.org in English

Sociologists speak out in support of Levada Centre - HRO.org in English
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Court to hear appeal against fine issued to director of Golos on 14 June - HRO.org in English

Court to hear appeal against fine issued to director of Golos on 14 June - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 28 May 2013

Prosecutors reply to Public Verdict Foundation about grounds for inspection - HRO.org in English

Prosecutors reply to Public Verdict Foundation about grounds for inspection - HRO.org in English
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Ministry of Justice refuses to find Committee Against Torture a ‘foreign agent’ - HRO.org in English

Ministry of Justice refuses to find Committee Against Torture a ‘foreign agent’ - HRO.org in English
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Monday 27 May 2013

Weekly Update No. 21 (27 May) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 21 (27 May) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Chair of Constitutional Court and deputy exit Venice Commission - HRO.org in English

Chair of Constitutional Court and deputy exit Venice Commission - HRO.org in English
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Aleksandr Podrabinek on the denial of parole to Maria Alekhina: "A Purely Notional Court"

Aleksandr Podrabinek on the denial of parole to Maria Alekhina: "A Purely Notional Court"
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Georgy Satarov: "Spring Flare-up: the 'Agents' case." Part One (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)

Georgy Satarov: "Spring Flare-up: the 'Agents' case." Part One (Ezhednevnyi zhurnal)
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Week-ending 24 May 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 24 May 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Paul McCartney writes letters in support of Alekhina and Tolokonnikova - HRO.org in English

Paul McCartney writes letters in support of Alekhina and Tolokonnikova - HRO.org in English
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Sunday 26 May 2013

Arkhangelsk court to review case of Pomor, fined for ‘insulting the dignity of ethnic Russians’ - HRO.org in English

Arkhangelsk court to review case of Pomor, fined for ‘insulting the dignity of ethnic Russians’ - HRO.org in English
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Lev Ponomarev: "Foreign Agents Dead End" (Moskovsky komsomolets)

Lev Ponomarev: "Foreign Agents Dead End" (Moskovsky komsomolets) - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 25 May 2013

Soviet-Era Dissidents and Human Rights Defenders Today: Links in Time - HRO.org in English

Soviet-Era Dissidents and Human Rights Defenders Today: Links in Time - HRO.org in English
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Friday 24 May 2013

Protestors against residence registration rules summoned for questioning - HRO.org in English

Protestors against residence registration rules summoned for questioning - HRO.org in English
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Human Rights House in Voronzeh needs your help - HRO.org in English

Human Rights House in Voronzeh needs your help - HRO.org in English
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Tolokonnikova’s lawyers appeal over refusal of parole - HRO.org in English

Tolokonnikova’s lawyers appeal over refusal of parole - HRO.org in English
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Court rules prosecutors’ inspection of Memorial lawful - HRO.org in English

Court rules prosecutors’ inspection of Memorial lawful - HRO.org in English
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Vladimir Lukin advocates amnesty for those charged in 'Bolotnaya case' and for business people - HRO.org in English

Vladimir Lukin advocates amnesty for those charged in 'Bolotnaya case' and for business people - HRO.org in English
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Musician Peter Gabriel speaks out for Pussy Riot - HRO.org in English

Musician Peter Gabriel speaks out for Pussy Riot - HRO.org in English
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Memory and Solidarity - HRO.org in English

Memory and Solidarity - HRO.org in English
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Human rights defenders tell General Secretary of Council of Europe about situation of NGOs in Russia - HRO.org in English

Human rights defenders tell General Secretary of Council of Europe about situation of NGOs in Russia - HRO.org in English
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Moscow City Court upholds refusal to initiate legal proceedings over abduction of Razvozzhaev - HRO.org in English

Moscow City Court upholds refusal to initiate legal proceedings over abduction of Razvozzhaev - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 22 May 2013

Declaration by Perm Civil Society Groups: "No one could use us to harm Russia, nor would dare to do so" - HRO.org in English

Declaration by Perm Civil Society Groups: "No one could use us to harm Russia, nor would dare to do so" - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 21 May 2013

Remembering Sakharov - HRO.org in English

Remembering Sakharov - HRO.org in English
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Statement by Director of the Levada Center Professor Lev Gudkov - HRO.org in English

Statement by Director of the Levada Center Professor Lev Gudkov - HRO.org in English
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Monday 20 May 2013

Weekly Update No. 20 (20 May) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 20 (20 May) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Interview with Pavel Chikov: "55 banned topics for NGOs" - Radio Svoboda

Interview with Pavel Chikov: "55 banned topics for NGOs" - Radio Svoboda
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Sunday 19 May 2013

Time to go to the Constitutional Court - HRO.org in English

Time to go to the Constitutional Court - HRO.org in English
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Maria Alekhina intends to use hunger strike to ensure her presence at court parole hearing - HRO.org in English

Maria Alekhina intends to use hunger strike to ensure her presence at court parole hearing - HRO.org in English
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Prosecutors say more that 50 kinds of NGO activity are 'political' - HRO.org in English

Prosecutors say more that 50 kinds of NGO activity are 'political' - HRO.org in English
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Open letter by cultural figures in support of Russian NGOs - HRO.org in English

Open letter by cultural figures in support of Russian NGOs - HRO.org in English
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Svetlana Gannushkina: There are so few soldiers left... - HRO.org in English

There are so few soldiers left... - HRO.org in English
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Foreign grantmakers must get approval of Ministry of Education & Science - HRO.org in English

Foreign grantmakers must get approval of Ministry of Education & Science - HRO.org in English
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Brutal beating in Amur children's home filmed on video - Amur- Info

Brutal beating in Amur children's home filmed on video - Amur-Info
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Week-ending 17 May 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 17 May 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Saturday 18 May 2013

Quote for the Day: Svetlana Gannushkina

"It is perfectly obvious that the intention is to defame NGOs in the eyes of the public [...]. There have even been comical instances when in the depths of winter charity workers tried to pull homeless people [...] out of freezing basements, only to be told: 'We are patriots, and you are foreign agents' " - Svetlana Gannushkina
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For the first time, Public Prosecutor's Office declares all activities of human rights group political - HRO.org in English

For the first time, Public Prosecutor's Office declares all activities of human rights group political - HRO.org in English
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Holiday resort, industrial site and prison camp. HRO.org reports from Sol-Iletsk - HRO.org in English

Holiday resort, industrial site and prison camp. HRO.org reports from Sol-Iletsk - HRO.org in English
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Mikhail Fedotov: “The story with ‘foreign agents’ is just another example of a runaway campaign by government bodies" - Novye Izvestiya

Mikhail Fedotov: “The story with ‘foreign agents’ is just another example of a runaway campaign by government bodies" - Novye Izvestiya
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Friday 17 May 2013

Private security guards brutally beat environmental activists in Khopyor district, Voronezh - Grani.ru

Private security guards brutally beat environmental activists in Khopyor district, Voronezh - Grani.ru
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Protestors at Peaceful Protest Camp Brutally Beaten in Khopyor district

Protestors at Peaceful Protest Camp Brutally Beaten in Khopyor district
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Thursday 16 May 2013

Moscow Concert for Political Prisoners Gets Full House - HRO.org in English

Moscow Concert for Political Prisoners Gets Full House - HRO.org in English
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Discussion on "foreign agents" (The New Times) - HRO.org in English

Discussion on "foreign agents" (The New Times) - HRO.org in English
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Ministry of Justice to ask for Golos to be closed down - HRO.org in English

Ministry of Justice to ask for Golos to be closed down - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 15 May 2013

New amendments to bill on protecting believers’ feelings - HRO.org in English

New amendments to bill on protecting believers’ feelings - HRO.org in English
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Ludmila Alekseeva on LGBT rights: 'We’ve lived long enough according to the notions of the 19th century' - HRO.org in English

Ludmila Alekseeva on LGBT rights: 'We’ve lived long enough according to the notions of the 19th century' - HRO.org in English
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Tuesday 14 May 2013

Quote for the Day: Edmund Spenser

'For greater force there needs to maintain wrong, than right' - Edmund Spenser - Quote for the Day
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Levada Centre refuses to register as a "foreign agent" - HRO.org in English

Levada Centre refuses to register as a "foreign agent" - HRO.org in English
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Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: April 2013

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: April 2013
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Application to hold gay parade submitted to Moscow City Hall - HRO.org in English

Application to hold gay parade submitted to Moscow City Hall - HRO.org in English
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Monday 13 May 2013

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "Politically motivated harassment of NGOs is impermissible" - HRO.org in English

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "Politically motivated harassment of NGOs is impermissible" - HRO.org in English
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Weekly Update No. 19 (13 May) 2013 - Rights in Russia

Weekly Update No. 19 (13 May) 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Week-ending 10 May 2013 - Rights in Russia

Week-ending 10 May 2013 - Rights in Russia
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April 2013 - Rights in Russia

April 2013 - Rights in Russia
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Jens Siegert: "Forty inspected NGOs receive official notifications of two different kinds"

Jens Siegert: "Forty inspected NGOs receive official notifications of two different kinds"
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Sunday 12 May 2013

Jens Siegert: “ 'Russia sympathizers' in the minority at the German-Russian conference on the NGO foreign agents law at the German Foreign Office"

Jens Siegert: “ 'Russia sympathizers' in the minority at the German-Russian conference on the NGO foreign agents law at the German Foreign Office"
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List of Russian NGOs subjected to harassment for refusing to register as 'foreign agents' - YRHM

List of Russian NGOs subjected to harassment for refusing to register as 'foreign agents' - YHRM
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Bolotnaya Square, 6th May, One Year On'

Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Bolotnaya Square, 6th May, One Year On'
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Elena Panfilova (Transparency International — Russia) on the inspections and ‘ foreign agents’

Elena Panfilova (Transparency International — Russia) on the inspections and ‘foreign agents’
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Saturday 11 May 2013

Grigory Okhotin: "You mustn’t call yourself a 'foreign agent' " - HRO.org in English

Grigory Okhotin: "You mustn’t call yourself a 'foreign agent' " - HRO.org in English
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Friday 10 May 2013

Quote for the Day: Arseny Roginsky

"Under this law we are supposed to send a request to the Justice Ministry: 'Please include us in the list of foreign agents.' Of course we cannot do this. And we won't." - Arseny Roginsky
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Sergei Smirnov on the rally of 6 May 2013: 'A few bright success stories...' - HRO.org in English

Sergei Smirnov on the rally of 6 May 2013: 'A few bright success stories...' - HRO.org in English
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Human Rights Council asks State Duma to support amnesty for those charged in “Bolotnaya case” - HRO.org in English

Human Rights Council asks State Duma to support amnesty for those charged in “Bolotnaya case” - HRO.org in English
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Ludmila Alekseeva: '9 May'

Ludmila Alekseeva: '9 May'
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Thursday 9 May 2013

Nikolai Shchur: "I'm telling you this as a foreign agent..."

Nikolai Shchur: "I'm telling you this as a foreign agent..."
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Quote for the Day: Andrei Yurov

"Non-profit 'associations of citizens' have the same rights as citizens. And monitoring their activities is the same as monitoring citizens themselves" - Andrei Yurov
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Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre asks UN experts to testify in 'foreign agent' court case - HRO.org in English

Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre asks UN experts to testify in 'foreign agent' court case - HRO.org in English
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Wednesday 8 May 2013

Lev Ponomarev: ‘I refuse to have anything to do with this judicial comedy’ (For Human Rights)

Lev Ponomarev: ‘I refuse to have anything to do with this judicial comedy’ (For Human Rights) 
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Quote for the Day: Arseny Roginsky

'We are not civil society. But we prepared the ground to enable civil society to emerge, and it has emerged' - Arseny Roginsky
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Court's refusal to grant parole to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova appealed - HRO.org in English

Court's refusal to grant parole to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova appealed - HRO.org in English
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Andrei Yurov on 'Prosecutors, subjects and citizens' - HRO.org in English

Andrei Yurov on 'Prosecutors, subjects and citizens' - HRO.org in English
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On legal aspects of the law on 'foreign agents’ - HRO.org in English

On legal aspects of the law on 'foreign agents’ - HRO.org in English
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