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Articles with tag "Memorial"

'turn to our roots'

Political Prisoners in Russia Stage One-Day Solidarity Hunger Strike

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and other political prisoners called on those who support them to join the protest and refuse to eat.
Returning the Names

Russians Remember Stalin’s Victims Amid Crackdown on Dissent

Russians commemorated the victims of Stalinist terror on Sunday by taking part in the Returning the Names event.
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legal u-turn

Russian Prosecutors Seek 3-Year Jail Term for Memorial Co-Chair

Orlov was fined 150,000 rubles earlier this month for publicly opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine under wartime censorship laws.
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opinion

'Russia Will Emerge From the Darkness': Memorial Co-Chair Orlov's Final Word in Court

Oleg Orlov, one of the only anti-war voices to have remained in Russia without being jailed, was fined Wednesday for his criticism of the invasion of Ukraine...
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rights defender

Russian Court Fines Memorial Co-Chair for 'Discrediting' Army

Oleg Orlov said he would appeal the court's verdict, which he called "illegal" and "unjust." 
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Political violence

Russian Journalist, Lawyer Beaten and Hospitalized in Chechnya 

Journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov were on their way from the airport in Grozny when a group of armed men attacked them.
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film Premiere

In ‘The Dmitriev Affair,’ Gulag Historian’s Persecution Is a Microcosm of Putin’s Russia

Dutch documentary filmmaker Jessica Gorter followed Dmitriev from the taiga to the courtroom.
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war censorship

Russia’s Memorial Rights Group Co-Chair on Trial Over Ukraine Criticism

Oleg Orlov, who faces up to five years in jail, said he stood by his words but held no illusions on the outcome of the trial.
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forgotten history

Plaques Commemorating Gulag Victims Disappear Around Moscow

The project behind the plaques linked their removal to the ongoing persecution of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning civil rights group Memorial.
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rights crackdown

Russia Jails Migrants' Rights Activist 14 Years for ‘Terrorism’

Bakhrom Khamroyev maintains that he had defended the rights of Muslims accused of ties to Hizb ut-Tahrir, a banned group in Russia.
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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

‘Again Totalitarian’: Veteran Activist Oleg Orlov Says Soviet-Era Practices Returning in Russia

Despite facing jail time for criticizing the Ukraine War, the co-chair of human rights group Memorial does not intend to leave Russia.
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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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award ceremony

Ukrainian, Russian Nobel Peace Winners Slam Putin's 'Insane' War

A trio from the three nations at the center of the war in Ukraine accepted their Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling for an unabated fight against Russian...
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