Ismet Ibragimov, a Crimean resident accused of involvement in the banned Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers Ismet Ibragimov a political prisoner. We believe he is being prosecuted for the non-violent exercise of freedom

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On the designation of civil society associations linked to Aleksei Navalny as extremist. Statement

Late on the evening of 9 June Judge Vyacheslav Polyga sitting in Moscow City Court designated three civil society associations linked to political prisoner Aleksei

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Four residents of Crimea, charged with involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, are political prisoners

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers Seitumer Shukrievich Seitumerov, Osman Seitumerov and Amet Suleimanov to be political prisoners and Seitumer Velievich Seitumerov to be a victim of a wrongful, politically

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Rais Gimadiev, a resident of Tatarstan sentenced to 16 years in prison on terrorism charges, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers Rais Gimadiev a political prisoner. We believe Gimadiev’s imprisonment is politically motivated and is on account of his religious beliefs and the non-violent

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The ‘Window on Europe’ is closing

At the end of May 2021 there were two landmark events regarding application of the legislation on ‘undesirable organisations.’ On 26 May three German NGOs — Forum Russischsprachiger Europäer [Forum

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Aleksandr Shestun, former head of Serpukhov district in Moscow Region, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers Aleksandr Shestun, former head of the Serpukhov district in Moscow Region, a political prisoner. We believe he is being prosecuted for his political

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Akhmed Pogorov, a protest leader in Ingushetia, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers Akhmed Pogorov a political prisoner. We believe his prosecution, like that of other leaders of the

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Andrei Kazimirau, a Belarusian citizen facing deportation from Russia for participating in anti-Lukashenka protests, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre considers the Belarusian activist Andrei Kazimirau a political prisoner in accordance with international guidelines. We believe Kazimirau is being prosecuted for exercising his rights to freedom of expression

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Valery Yevsin, who took part in a protest on 23 January, has been sentenced to two years in prison and is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre considers Valery Yevsin a political prisoner, in accordance with international guidelines defining the term. We believe he has been prosecuted for exercising the rights to freedom of expression and

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Aleksei Vorsin, head of Navalny’s office in Khabarovsk, is a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre, in accordance with international guidelines, considers 33-year-old Khabarovsk activist Aleksei Vorsin a political prisoner. We believe he is being prosecuted solely for

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