“My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaign

6 years ago

On 27 March, security services in Crimea carried out the largest house search operation of Crimean Tatar homes since Russia…

Russia sentences gravely ill Ukrainian political prisoner it abducted to 6 years, he launches hunger strike

6 years ago

Pavlo Hryb, a 20-year-old severely ill Ukrainian student kidnapped to Russia and accused of aiding terrorism, was on 22 March…

The Court Case Against Oyub Titiyev Is a Tragic Farce

6 years ago

After 14 months behind bars and a trial that’s dragged out for eight months, Chechen human rights activist Oyub Titiyev…

The first criminal case under Kremlin’s “undesirables” law

6 years ago

On 23 January, Anastasia Shevchenko, an activist of the Open Russia movement, became the first person arrested and criminally charged…

“For Human Rights” Group Labeled Foreign Agent

6 years ago

On Wednesday, February 13, it was reported that Russia's Justice Ministry labeled organisation "For Human Rights", Forum member, a 'foreign agent'. The Ministry website states that "the group's compliance…

Russia: The authorities must release Dennis Christensen, Danish prisoner of conscience and Jehovah’s Witness

6 years ago

The Russian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Dennis Christensen, a Danish national and Jehovah’s Witness, who has been facing…

Russia: First criminal case under “undesirable organizations” law marks a new level of repression

6 years ago

The Russian authorities have for the first time used the repressive “undesirable organizations” law to open a criminal case against…

Azov Sea Conflict: what happened and how to react

6 years ago

On November 25, the Ukrainian ships “Berdyansk,” “Nikopol” and “Yany Kapu,” en route from Odessa to Mariupol through the Kerch…

First ‘non-reporting’ criminal case opened in Crimea

6 years ago

The first criminal case involving failure to report a crime (art. 205.6 of the Criminal Code) has been opened in Crimea,…

Journalist Alena Savchuk banned from entering Russia for 10 years

6 years ago

Ukrainian journalist Alena Savchuk has been banned from entering Russia for 10 years. This was told to her by Russian…