Russian authorities violated the UN Convention on Refugees in extraditing Aleksei Kudin, a citizen of Belarus

Memorial Human Rights Centre categorically condemns the actions of the Russian authorities in extraditing Belarusian citizen Aleksei Kudin to Belarus on 21 July 2021 in

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Oleg Makurin, convicted for a post on the internet about attacks on the FSB, is the victim of a politically motivated prosecution

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers the criminal prosecution of Mytishchi resident Oleg Makurin politically motivated and unlawful. His prosecution was intended

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Menschenrechtler sehen Zerschlagung der Zivilgesellschaft in Belarus

Die Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte sieht das Regime des belarussischen Machthabers Alexander Lukaschenko auf dem Weg zu einem „totalitären System sowjetischer Prägung“. Am Freitag seien in dem osteuropäischen

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Aleksei Pichugin: a political prisoner in isolation and under duress

It recently became known that Aleksei Pichugin, Russia’s longest serving political prisoner, has been transferred from the Black Dolphin penal colony, where he has been serving a life

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Solidarität mit Belarus

Erklärung russischer Menschenrechtsorganisationen und Aktivisten Die nachstehende Erklärung wurde von mehreren russischen Menschenrechtsorganisationen , darunter Memorial International und dem Menschenrechtszentrum Memorial, sowie zahlreichen Aktivisten aus der russischen Zivilgesellschaft unterzeichnet.

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Roman Pichuzhin, a participant in a January protest in Moscow, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international criteria, considers Moscow opposition activist Roman Pichuzhin a political prisoner. We believe he has been prosecuted and

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Crimean Tatar activist Emil Ziyadinov is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers Emil Ziyadinov a political prisoner. We believe he is being prosecuted for the non-violent exercise of freedom of religion and the right of association.

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An artist from Khabarovsk charged with justifying terrorism is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers Maksim Smolnikov a political prisoner. We believe he is being prosecuted for exercising his rights to freedom of speech, thought and expression. So far as we know,

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Georgy Guyev, sentenced to six years in a penal colony on charges of financing terrorism, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international criteria, considers Georgy Guyev a political prisoner. We believe he has been deprived of liberty for the non-violent

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