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August 31, 2021 Dispatches

No End to Chechnya’s Violent Anti-Gay Campaign

Kidnapping, Interrogation Exposes Brutal Intent

Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain on June 2, 2017.
August 30, 2021 Dispatches

Russia Jails Comedian, Then Expels Him

Idrak Mirzalizade Banned from Russia Over a Joke

Idrak Mirzalizade Comedian Performing Stand-up
August 25, 2021 Dispatches

Persecution of Critics Needs to End In Russia-Occupied Crimea

Jailed Journalist’s Health Deteriorates After Alleged Torture in Custody

A man holds a placard that says "Journalism is Not a Crime" and "#FreeYesypenko"
August 24, 2021 Report

Russia: Insufficient Home Services for Older People

Gaps in Services Create Risks for Institutionalization, Violate Rights

A pensioner carries logs in the courtyard of her wooden house where she opened a private museum of the old quarter.
August 9, 2021 News Release

Human Rights Watch Mourns Death of Sergei Kovalev

Sergei Kovalev, Moscow, May 2011.
August 5, 2021 Dispatches

Russia Expands Onslaught on Critics

Further Independent Voices Silenced

A smart phone user reads MBKh Media news site, one of three news outlets whose websites were blocked on August 4, 2021.
July 19, 2021 Dispatches

Threat of Prosecution Forces Closure of Top Russian Rights Group

Authorities Use "Undesirables" Law against Team 29

Russian lawyer Ivan Pavlov, center, walks to attend a court session after speaking to the media at Moscow Court, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. 
July 15, 2021 Dispatches

Russian Authorities Strike at Investigative Reporting

Latest Attack in a Growing Crackdown on Free Expression

Roman Badanin, chief editor of Project, October 2016.
July 12, 2021 News Release

Russia: Court Convicts Rights Defender

“Foreign Agents” Law Leads to Criminal Penalty

Semyon Simonov
July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Supermarket Chain in Russia Acts LGBT-Inclusive, Then Regrets It

VkusVill Pulls Ad Featuring Lesbian Customers

A VkusVill’s market in central Moscow, Russia on July 7th, 2021.
July 6, 2021 Dispatches

European Court Upholds Russian Transgender Woman’s Right to Family Life

Discrimination Harms Parents and Children

Activists participate in the St Petersburg LGBT Pride march on August 12, 2017.
June 30, 2021 Statement

Children's Rights and Alternative Care

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

June 24, 2021 Dispatches

Kremlin Endorses Another Term for Kadyrov and His Brutal Chechen Regime

Putin’s Blessing Sends Grim Signal about Justice in Chechnya

People hold portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov during a rally marking National Unity Day in Grozny, southern Russia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019.
June 22, 2021 Dispatches

EU Should Hold Firm against the Kremlin’s 'Flywheel of Repression'

Attacks on Russian Civic Groups, Media, Critics Need EU’s Attention, Action

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at a news conference unveiling a report on proposals for the EU stance on Russia. Brussels, Wednesday, June 16, 2021.
June 17, 2021 Commentary

New ‘Undesirables’ Law Expands Activists’ Danger Zone

While most eyes were on Geneva, the Duma intensified its crackdown on dissent.

Anastasia Shevchenko and Mikhail Iosilevich. Both have been prosecuted under Russia’s law on “undesirable” foreign organizations. 

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