Kategorie: In Russland
Aleksandr Federyakov, a defendant in the «Palace Case», is a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines defining the term ‘political prisoner’, considers the criminal prosecution of Aleksandr Federyakov politically motivated and unlawful. Federyakov is remanded in custody for his
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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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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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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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Andrei Pivovarov, former director of Open Russia, is a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers the former executive director of Open Russia, Andrei Pivovarov, a political prisoner. We believe he is
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Vadim Bektemirov, a religious leader from Simferopol accused of involvement in the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, is a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers Vadim Bektemirov, a Crimean Tatar, a political prisoner. We believe he is being prosecuted for the
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