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UN: Russia and China launch despicable veto of lifesaving aid for millions of civilians in Syria

Reacting to the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN Security Council draft Resolution that would have renewed the provision...

Syria: Moscow summit must prioritize ending renewed attacks on civilians in Idlib

Ahead of a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Moscow tomorrow (Thursday 5...

Russia: Run-up to local Moscow election marred by unprecedented attacks on rights

Spokespeople are available for interviews The multiple new ways in which the authorities trampled on freedom of assembly and expression...

Russia: Mass arrests show authorities’ contempt for solidarity and rights

Responding to the arbitrary arrests of over 400 people in Moscow who were peacefully protesting the treatment of journalist Ivan...

Russia: Titiev’s parole a welcome step but not justice

Chechen prisoner of conscience Oyub Titiev granted parole Parole comes days after detention of journalist, Ivan Golunov Responding to news...

Russia: Peaceful protesters targeted with arrests, bans and fines under “fake news” law

Authorities in Arkhangelsk Oblast (north-western Russia) have clamped down on peaceful protest against the construction of a dumping site with...

Russia: Two years after Chechnya’s ‘gay purge’, victims still seek justice as LGBTI defender receives death threats

Two years after the violent ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya, Russian authorities have failed to provide justice for the victims, Amnesty...

Russia: Jailing of Chechen human rights defender Oyub Titiev leaves justice in the gutter

Following today’s decision by the Shali City Court in Chechnya to sentence human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, Oyub...

Russia: Anastasia Shevchenko’s house arrest extended as persecution of opposition activists widens

Responding to news that a court in Rostov-on-Don, Southern Russia, has extended until 17 June the house arrest of Anastasia...

Russia: PACE resolution highlights urgent need to protect prisoners in transit

A resolution on prisoner transfers adopted today by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) must be followed...

Russia: Heartless charges against activist who supported detained colleague

The Russian authorities must stop their vicious campaign against opposition movement Otkrytaya Rossia (Open Russia), Amnesty International said today after...

Russia: Chechen authorities resume homophobic crackdown

Amnesty International has received credible information that the authorities in Chechnya, a republic in the south of Russia, have unleashed...

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