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Of over 190 ethnic groups inhabiting Russia, 40 are classified by Russian legislation as “small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East” and thus recognised for their unique way of life and the need for an exclusive set…

The European Network on Statelessness: In Russia, tens of thousands of stateless people are at risk of spending years in detention if the courts order their deportation or expulsion from Russia; a decision that is legally impossible to implement as…

The Barents Observer: A court in Moscow on the 19th August turned down the Barents Observer’s appeal case against the Russian state media regulator. Present in the Moscow courtroom of the Second Cassation Court were representatives of Roskomnadzor, as well…

How can human rights survive and thrive in the 21st century? Which mechanisms can we create to make states and large corporations respect the fundamental rights of citizens? What can global civil society do today? International Partnership for Human Rights…

Forum 18: Authorities have stripped Russian citizenship from three men jailed for exercising freedom of religion or belief: Muslim Yevgeny Kim in January 2019, and Jehovah’s Witnesses Feliks Makhammadiyev and Konstantin Bazhenov in April 2020. Kim and Makhammadiyev are now…

Human Rights Watch: Russia: As Pandemic Grows, Migration Detention Deadlock (Moscow) – Thousands are stuck in migration detention indefinitely in Russia because the travel restrictions under the Covid-19 epidemic mean that their removal is not imminent, Human Rights Watch said…