Special Projects

Special Projects

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

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

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

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

6 years ago

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

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

6 years ago

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

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

6 years ago

“For Human Rights” Group Labeled Foreign Agent

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…

6 years ago

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

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

6 years ago