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A mourner lays flowers at a spontaneous memorial in memory of the deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, organized at the monument to victims of political repression on Voskresenskaya Embankment on 16 Feb 2024. Photo by Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Russia: Authorities brutally suppress mourners of Aleksei Navalny

The Russian authorities have begun a widespread campaign of persecution against those paying respects to the late prisoner of conscience...

Aleksei Navalny © Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Russia: Prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny, Kremlin’s most vocal opponent, dies in custody

“Following his poisoning, unjust imprisonment and torture in prison, Aleksei Navalny has died after languishing for 37 months behind bars...

Mariano García Calatayud

Russian Federation: Spanish national forcibly disappeared by Russia

Russian authorities have forcibly disappeared Mariano García Calatayud, a 75-year-old Spanish volunteer humanitarian worker whom their forces had abducted from...

Russian opposition politician, anti-corruption campaigner and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), Alexey Navalny is seen on the screen during his legal appeal against his nine-year prison sentence, in Moscow's City Court, on May 24, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. Appeal of Kremlin critic Navalny was rejected by the court on Tuesday. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Russia: Fears of prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny forcibly disappeared

Responding to the news that Aleksei Navalny, prominent Russian opposition political activist and prisoner of conscience, is no longer officially...

Irina Danilovich

Russia: Unfairly jailed nurse at risk of complete hearing loss

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist, was abducted by security officers in Russian-occupied Crimea in April 2022 and...

Aleksandra Skochilenko is wearing an Amnesty T-shirt during a court session

Russia: Release artist sentenced to seven years in prison

On November 16, 2023, Aleksandra Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years in prison for “disseminating knowingly false information about the...

Russian playwright Svetlana Petriychuk in the court room

Russian Federation: Release women director & playwright

Theatre director, Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk are being arbitrarily detained since May 5, and face prosecution for authoring...

Aleksei Navalny in the improvised court room of the IK-6, a penal colony, with his co-defendant Daniel Kholodny. Melekhovo, Vladimir Oblast, Russia, 4 August 2023 Photo: SOTA Vision

Russia: Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny sentenced to at least 10 more years in a penal colony

Responding to the news that Aleksei Navalny, a prisoner of conscience and a leading figure in Russia’s political opposition movement,...

Irina Danilovich

Russian Federation: Jailed nurse’s condition worsens

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist from Russian-occupied Crimea is still being denied healthcare. She was abducted by...

Lilia Hemedzhy wearing a green hijab over a black dress.

Russian Federation/Ukraine: Human rights lawyer, Lilia Hemedzhy disbarred in Crimea

Lilia Hemedzhy, a lawyer representing Crimean Tatars, has been disbarred, from the Bar Association of the Chechen Republic, in retaliation...

Vladimir Kura-Murza wearing a black winter jacket. He is pictured laying a wreath

Russian Federation: Help secure release of activist Vladimir Kara-Murza jailed for anti-war views

Vladimir Kara-Murza is a prominent Russian political activist and journalist. He was arrested in April 2022 and prosecuted for his...

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Russia: Anti-war political activist and prisoner of conscience Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in jail

Reacting to news that Vladimir Kara-Murza, a political activist and journalist, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by...

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