Memorial recognizes two more Muslims convicted of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir as political prisoners

Memorial Human Rights Centre believes Altynbek Abdymanap uulu and Khotamzhon Karimov — two Muslims, from Moscow and Penza regions respectively — are being prosecuted for political reasons

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Six Muslims, prosecuted on charges of involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir in Crimea, are political prisoners, Memorial says

Memorial Human Rights Centre believes Crimean Tatars Akramzhon Abdullayev, Aider Dzhapparov, Nematzhon Isroilov, Riza Omerov, Enver Omerov and Enver Seitosmanov have been prosecuted for political

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Uzbekistani human rights defender Rakhmiddin Kamolov, convicted of a terrorist offence in Russia, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international criteria, considers Rakhmiddin Kamolov a political prisoner. We believe Kamolov has been prosecuted for political reasons for the non-violent exercise of his

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EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2019: Russia updates

According to the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World during 2019 the situation of human rights and democracy in Russia

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Zwangseinweisung wegen Putin-Kritik

Am 2. Juni 2020 bestätigte das Stadtgericht in Jakutsk die zeitlich unbefristete Zwangsunterbringung von Aleksandr Gabyshev in einem psychiatrischen Krankenhaus. Der Schamane hatte 2019 versucht, von

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Pyatigorsk resident, charged with recruiting for Right Sector and possessing drugs, is a political prisoner, Memorial says

Memorial Human Rights Centre considers Aleksandr Atamanov a political prisoner, in accordance with international guidelines defining the term. We consider the authorities prosecuted Atamanov as part of their anti-Ukrainian campaign. The alleged

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Gulag-Literatur

Im November 1962 erscheint in der sowjetischen Literaturzeitschrift Nowy Mir die Erzählung Ein Tag im Leben des Iwan Denissowitsch. Ein bis dahin völlig unbekannter Autor hatte sie geschrieben – Alexander

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Pyatigorsk resident, charged with recruiting for Right Sector and possessing drugs, is a political prisoner, Memorial says

Memorial Human Rights Centre considers Aleksandr Atamanov a political prisoner, in accordance with international guidelines defining the term. We consider the authorities prosecuted Atamanov as part of their anti-Ukrainian campaign. The alleged

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Donbass: Abgeschnitten von medizinischer Hilfe

Wenn gerade jemand im von moskautreuen Separatisten kontrollierten Donbass stirbt – dann bekommt das kaum jemand bei uns mit, denn vor allem die westliche Presse

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Disastrous oil products spill in the Russian Arctic: proof that the green economy for Russia is needed

The state of emergency is introduced in Norilsk and on Taymyr peninsula in the North of Russia after tons of oil products were spilled from

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