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NGOs responses to coronavirus pandemic spell lasting changes for the sector

Alexey Kozlov is a veteran of the non-profit sector with over 25 years of experience focused on civil society, human…

5 years ago

Russian actor sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, after National Guard officer dislocates shoulder while arresting him at protest

Moscow Tverskoy District Court Judge Alexey Krivoruchko has sentenced Pavel Ustinov, a young up-and-coming actor, to 3.5 years in prison…

5 years ago

Political prisoners: events in Warsaw

Russian political prisoners in 2019 and the role for the OSCE Convenor: Human Rights Center "Memorial" Working language: English, Russian 19 September, 08:15-09:45…

5 years ago

Сотрудники силовых структур пришли с обысками в штабы Навального в более чем 40 городах

В штабах Навального начались обыски. Они идут в более 40 городах России, сообщил бывший глава предвыборного штаба Алексея Навального Леонид Волков (всего…

5 years ago

Russia blacklists ‘undesirable’ Ukrainian World Congress

The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), the Canada-based assembly of Ukrainian communities abroad, has been branded an “undesirable organization” in a decision…

5 years ago

Activist from Ecodefense, under pressure from Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ law, flees to Germany

The head of a Russian environmental organization has been forced to flee to Germany to avoid arrest on several charges…

5 years ago

Statement against persecution of human rights defenders in the occupied Crimea

On 30 May 2019 two Crimean Tatar activists Lutfie Zudieva and Mumine Salieva were detained by the Russian enforcement agents…

5 years ago

Two Crimean Solidarity women activists detained in Russian-occupied Crimea

Two Crimean Solidarity activists, both of them mothers with young children, have been arrested in occupied Crimea and are being…

5 years ago

Russia has started enforcing its ban on ‘fake news.’ The first suspect? A woman protesting landfill pollution

Russian officials in Arkhangelsk have filed the country’s first police report against an individual for spreading illegal “fake news.” According…

6 years ago

16-year-old Crimean Tatar sentenced for removing 3 Russian flags in occupied Crimea

16-year-old Abduraman Abduveliev has received a 6-month restricted liberty sentence for taking down three Russian flags in the village of…

6 years ago