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Articles with tag "political prisoner"

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Silence or Jail: Teens Targeted in Russia’s Wartime Political Crackdown

Schoolchildren who voice anti-war views are increasingly pressured, from teachers reporting them to the authorities and interrogations to being jailed...

Jailed Reporter Ponomarenko Launches Second Hunger Strike Over Prison Conditions

Maria Ponomarenko started the hunger strike on Sunday after prison authorities refused to install a privacy screen for the toilet in her isolation cell...
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Far East Court Rules to Keep Anti-Putin Shaman in High-Security Psychiatric Facility

Alexander Gabyshev was arrested in 2019, months after announcing he would travel to Moscow by foot to “exorcize” Vladimir Putin.
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Alla Gutnikova: ‘Dictatorships End, Walls Fall and Prisons Burn’

The ex-DOXA editor discusses resistance, repression and her difficult journey to freedom.
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Jailed Journalist Ponomarenko Receives New Sentence for Alleged Assault on Prison Guards

Maria Ponomarenko was first convicted in 2023 for publishing reports on Russia’s bombing of a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine.
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Journalist Ponomarenko’s Last Word in Court: ‘I've Never Seen as Much Violence as I Have in Jail’

Maria Ponomarenko, who was imprisoned for posts about the Russian bombing of a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, accused the penitentiary system of abuse and...
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Russia’s First Imprisoned War Critic Gorinov Added to ‘Terrorist and Extremist’ List

Alexei Gorinov, a former Moscow councilor, was sentenced to seven years in prison in July 2022 for spreading “fake news” about the military.
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Activists, Artists to Stage Charity Performance for Young Russian Political Prisoners

“Foreign Agent Mulder” is described as an evening of music, film, literature and conversation to raise awareness of and support for young political...
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Far East Court Overturns Release of Anti-Putin Shaman From Psychiatric Facility

Prosecutors had appealed a lower court’s December ruling to move Alexander Gabyshev to a less restrictive hospital, his lawyer said.
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Russian Prosecutors Seek New Sentence for Imprisoned Journalist Ponomarenko

State prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence for Siberian journalist and activist Maria Ponomarenko on charges of assaulting prison guards...
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Russian Playwright Begins Prison Sentence for ‘Justifying Terrorism’ in Award-Winning Play

Svetlana Petriychuk’s play” Finist the Bright Falcon” tells the story of Russian women who fall in love with Islamist militants in Syria, received...
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Anti-War Radio Operator Released From Russian Prison

Vladimir Rumyantsev was sentenced to three years in prison in December 2022 on charges of spreading “false information” about the Russian military...
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Putin Hails Russia’s Huge Number of ‘Terror’ Convictions

Russia regularly sentences people over opposition to the war in Ukraine while convicting captured Ukrainian soldiers on treason and terrorist charges.
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Nobel Laureates Urge Trump, EU to Secure Release of Belarusian Political Prisoners

The appeal came days after the United States carried out a “special operation” to secure the release of two Belarusians and an unidentified U.S. citizen...
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UN Expert Sounds Alarm on 2,000 ‘Political Prisoners’ in Russia

Their lives remain at grave risk unless they are released immediately, said the UN's special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Russia.
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Jailed Gulag Historian Yury Dmitriyev Sent to Punishment Cell, Rights Group Says

Memorial said Yury Dmitriyev was ordered to spend six days in an isolated punishment cell for “incorrectly carrying out morning exercises.”
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The Baymak Case: Modern Russia’s Largest Political Trial

Residents of Bashkortostan were caught in a sweeping crackdown after protesting the jailing of a prominent Indigenous rights activist.
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Russia to Release Anti-Putin Yakutian Shaman From Psychiatric Facility

Alexander Gabyshev’s lawyer said a court ruled to move his client to a general hospital, describing the transfer as a “step toward freedom.”
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opinion Sasha Skochilenko

Children Are Political Prisoners in Putin's Russia

The Kremlin refuses to release child political prisoners because they know it would cause ordinary people to question the regime.
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Moscow Politician Jailed for Denouncing War Sentenced to 3 More Years

Alexei Gorinov, a former Moscow councilor, is the first known Russian to be jailed under wartime censorship laws that criminalize anti-war protests.
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