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Articles with tag "Human rights"

LGBT rights

Russian Lawmakers Introduce Bill Banning Sex Reassignment

The bill, supported by around 400 deputies, would prohibit “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person."
Human Rights Crackdown 

Russian Anti-Torture NGO Raided by Authorities for Third Time in a Month

Authorities in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar raided the office of The Crew Against Torture on Thursday.
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Human rights

European Court Fines Russia for Abuse of 'Outcast' Prisoners

The court ruled that Moscow must pay each of the applicants 20,000 euros.
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In depth

The Torture of Isolation: Inside the Russian Prison Housing U.S. Journalist Evan Gershkovich

Its impenetrable walls once muffled the cries of Soviet-era political prisoners tortured and executed by security officers during Stalin’s purges. 
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targeted crackdown

Russian Anti-Torture Group Members’ Homes Raided

The Committee Against Torture monitors cases of torture and presses authorities to investigate mistreatment by security forces.
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snowballing charges

Memorial’s Yekaterinburg Head Accused of Double Army ‘Discreditation’

Russia’s oldest human rights group has come under increasing pressure since the invasion of Ukraine.
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In depth

‘I Had Just Weeks or Even Days’: Lawyer of Jailed Kremlin Critic Kara-Murza Flees Russia

Vadim Prokhorov has defended a string of prominent Kremlin critics over the years, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin and Boris Nemtsov. 
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In depth

‘Freedom Сannot Be Shut Down’: Defiance as Russia’s Sakharov Center Holds Last Public Event

The veteran human rights group has been evicted by the local authorities from its iconic headquarters in downtown Moscow.
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In depth

After 27 Years of Rights Activism, Moscow’s Sakharov Center Prepares to Close its Doors

The center's final exhibition at its headquarters on the banks of the Yauza River was devoted to life of Soviet dissident Yelena Bonner. 
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criminal investigation

Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Memorial Co-Chair Following Raids

Police in Moscow carried out large-scale coordinated raids on the homes of several members of civil rights group Memorial.
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leading figure

Prominent Soviet Dissident Sergei Grigoryants Dies Aged 82

Grigoryants continued to speak out against Russia's human rights record after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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state security

Russian Officials Face Almost Total Ban on Foreign Travel

Russian state employees are increasingly being told to surrender their passports to ensure they cannot flee the country, an investigation has found. 
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strong evidence

Russian Attack on Ukraine Station a 'War Crime': HRW

The April 8, 2022, attack on the Kramatorsk train station left 61 people dead and injured over 160, according to local officials.
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'enforced disappearance'

Amnesty Demands to Know Whereabouts of Jailed Kremlin Critic Andrei Pivovarov

Amnesty International has demanded the Russian authorities reveal the location of imprisoned Kremlin critic Andrei Pivovarov, whose whereabouts have...
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Kremlin crackdown

Russia Places Leading Buryat Activist On Wanted List

The Russian authorities have placed Alexandra Garmazhapova, the head of the Free Buryatia Foundation, on its wanted list, independent news website Mediazona...
Stifling dissent

Prosecutors Seek 9 Years for Journalist Accused of Spreading 'Fake News'

Prosecutors asked for Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko to be sentenced to nine years in jail on Tuesday, the Kommersant business daily reported, citing...
'justifying terrorism'

Russian Teen Faces Decade In Prison Camp for Anti-War Posts

Olesya Krivtsova, a first-year university student from the northern Russian city of Arkhangelsk, is facing more than 10 years in a penal colony for publicly...
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The Desperate Chechen Lawyer Offering Kadyrov a Human Swap

Human rights lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev is no novice when it comes to standing up to Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Russia’s republic of...
'killing him slowly'

Ailing Navalny Ordered to 6 Months in Punishment Cell

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been ordered to spend six months in a designated punishment cell, he said Wednesday as his supporters expressed...
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‘Not Forgotten’: Pen Pals Offer Solace to Russia’s Political Prisoners

YEREVAN, Armenia — At a recent event in Armenia’s capital, Olga Yelsakova was composing a letter to a longtime correspondent. That correspondent...
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