Proposed by: ADC Memorial and Human Rights Center “Viasna” Co-sponsored by: Norwegian Helsinki Committee, International Legal Initiative Foundation, Human Rights Defense Center “Memorial”, Center for Civil Liberties, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan The 42nd Congress of the International…
Russia’s law on “foreign agents” has been tightened again, allowing for criminal prosecution after only a single administrative fine. Previously, a criminal case could be preceded by two administrative infringements. This is far from the first and probably not the…
The newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe published an article ‘Undocumented’ about the trend towards stripping Russians with no second passport of their citizenship has become the latest method being employed by the Russian authorities to exert pressure on activists, with those…
Our colleagues at the International Association Memorial have issued a statement in support of Radio Liberty and Voice of America, important sources of information and political analysis for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As human rights defenders, experts…
Anti-extremism legislation, and anti-terrorism legislation even more so, are hardly unique to Russia. In many modern societies, they are presented as a sad necessity. However, against the background of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the militaristic hysteria fomented by officials,…
The article by ADC Memorial expert Olga Abramenko in the Moscow Times is devoted to the misuse of anti-terrorist and anti-extremist legislation by the Russian authorities. A lot of efforts of law enforcement officers and courts have been pretend to…
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