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Articles with tag "Human rights"

Paying the toll

Russia Ordered to Pay $1M to Police Brutality Victims

The latest European rights court rulings award 29 Russian citizens nearly 1 million euros on claims of torture.
Legal battles

Russia’s Share of European Human Rights Cases Hits 7-Year High

Russia remains the runaway leader in the number of pending cases among the European Court of Human Rights' 47 member states.
banned group

Russia ‘Escalating’ Jehovah’s Witnesses Crackdown – HRW

More than half of law enforcement raids against Jehovah's Witnesses have taken place in the past 12 months, the group says.
MORE MONEY

Russia's Leading Human Rights Group Fined 21 Times for 'Foreign Agent' Violations

The organization's most recent fine stems from a project about members of a predecessor to the KGB and their engagement in Stalin-era repressions.
slippery slope

‘It Starts With a Cup, Ends With a Shooting’: 3 Putin Quotes on Human Rights

Moscow protesters were rightly jailed for throwing plastic cups at police this summer, Putin said.
Who Can Talk?

Russia Is Removing Critical Voices Ahead of Arctic Council Chairmanship, Indigenous Expert Claims

Russia points to the Arctic as territory of dialogue, but the shutdown of an indigenous rights group is drawing criticism.
opinion
Leonid Bershidsky

I Just Translated ‘1984’ Into Russian. I’m Gasping for Air

Reading “1984” closely is both sickening and cathartic because so much is instantly recognizable.
Don't take for granted

Russians Increasingly Value Free Speech, Civil Rights – Poll

Experts link the double-digit growth to events surrounding recent opposition protests, falling living standards and unpopular reforms.
Shifting blame

Russia’s Domestic Violence Problem Is ‘Exaggerated,’ Justice Ministry Says

The Justice Ministry added that male victims of domestic violence “suffer more from discrimination.”
Psychological trauma

Russian Child Witnessing Father’s Violent Arrest Was Tortured, European Court Rules

The unanimous ruling said that witnessing torture against a loved one is a form of torture in itself.
indigenous voices

Sami Parliaments, EU Concerned by Russia Shutting Down Indigenous Rights Group

"Russia’s goal with the shutdown is to keep indigenous peoples outside any international, Arctic and UN venues."
wary of outsiders

Czech Humanitarian Group Declared ‘Undesirable’ in Russia

People in Need is the fourth foreign organization to be slapped with the "undesirable" label this year.
Banned group

Russia Jails 6 Crimean Tatar Activists for Terrorism, Sparking Condemnation

Amnesty International decried the verdicts as “overt repression.”
Dissolving protections

Russia Shuts Down Arctic Indigenous Rights Group

The group's director called the ruling “part of a trend to shut down organizations undesirable to the authorities.”
'Foreign agent' law

Russia Disbands Prominent Activist’s Human Rights NGO

Lev Ponomaryov vowed to appeal the decision, saying “human rights protection is a way of life.”
opinion
Andrei Pertsev

The Slow Death of Russia's Human Rights Council

The replacement of Russia’s Human Rights Council head Mikhail Fedotov with United Russia party member Valery Fadeyev, determines the council’s status...
Kicked out

Putin Appoints TV Presenter as Human Rights Head, Pushes Out Liberals

Well-known liberal figures like Yekaterina Schulmann and Pavel Chikov will no longer advise the Kremlin on human rights.
RE-EDUCATION CAMPS

‘If They Send Us Back to China We Will Die’: Uighur Brothers Fight Deportation From Russia

Twins seeking refugee status are desperate to avoid the fate of a friend, who tells of his time in a re-education camp in China for the first time.
International pressure

UN Slams Human Rights Violations in Crimea

The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights noted an increase in free speech restrictions and other violations.
guilty verdict

Russia Jails First FSB Officer on Torture Charges, Experts Say

“The torture case against an FSB officer sets a precedent in Russia,” a human rights lawyer said.
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