Olga Smirnova, a member of the Peaceful Resistance movement, is a political prisoner

The Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in accordance with international criteria, considers the St. Petersburg activist Olga Smirnova a political prisoner. She is being

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Kirov activist who spoke out against the war is a political prisoner

The Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in accordance with international criteria, considers Richard Rouz [also transliterated in some sources as ‘Rose’], who is an

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Maria Chugunova, who took part in a rally in support of Navalny and has been convicted of blocking a road in downtown Moscow, is a political prisoner

The Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in accordance with international criteria, considers Maria Chugunova a political prisoner. She has been prosecuted in order to

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Mikhail Kavun, accused of funding Right Sector, is a political prisoner

The ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’ Project in accordance with international criteria, considers Mikhail Kavun a political prisoner. The case against him is part of the Russian authorities’ propaganda

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Five Crimeans charged with involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organisation banned in Russia, are political prisoners

The ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’ Project in accordance with international criteria, considers Dzhebbar Bekirov, Zavur Abdullaev, Rustem Murasov, Rustem Tairov and Raif Fevziev political prisoners. They are being

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European Human Rights Dialogue: How to Help Civil Society in Russia and Belarus

The European Human Rights Dialogue project, the Memorial Human Rights Center, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC), the “Za wolną Rosję” Association with the support of

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