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January 16, 2020 Dispatches

Why Legal ‘Innovation’ Might be Bad News for Rights in Russia

Putin’s Proposals Could Undermine Protections of International Law

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on drafting constitutional changes at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, January 16, 2020.
January 16, 2020 Dispatches

Russia’s Bid to Block UN Financing for Syria Probe Defeated

General Assembly Fully Funds Investigation into Serious Crimes

People walk past destruction from government airstrikes in the town of Ariha, in Idlib province, Syria, January 15, 2020.
January 14, 2020 News Release

Russia: Race to the Bottom on Rights

Repressive Laws, Charges Against Critics, Impunity for Abuse

A protestor observes riot police during a peaceful protest in Central Moscow on August 10, 2019.
January 9, 2020 Report

Russia: Escalating Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Arrests, Prison, Harassment for Peaceful Religious Practice

Special Rapid Response Unit raid a Jehovah’s Witness home in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
December 24, 2019 Dispatches

Russian Authorities’ Bad Cheer to Environmental Defenders

December Brought a Spate of Arrests, Fines

Rashid Alimov’s protest in St. Petersburg against nuclear waste import, December 17, 2019.
December 24, 2019 News Release

Russia: Police Round Up Migrant Workers

Racial Profiling, Beatings in Detention

Shadows of people detained by Russian police, suspected of violating immigration rules during an action seen on containers at a street market in Moscow, Russia, August 7, 2013. © AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
December 11, 2019 Dispatches

Eleven Sentenced over St. Petersburg Metro Bombing

Authorities Ignored Allegations of Torture, Fake Evidence

Mourners place flowers at the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St. Petersburg to commemorate victims of the April 3, 2017 suicide bombing on a subway train.
December 9, 2019 News Release

Russia: Domestic Violence Bill Falls Short

Lacks Specificity, Full Range of Protections Urgently Needed

At a Moscow rally in support of domestic violence legislation, a woman holds a banner that reads "We demand a law against domestic violence. We are not killed yet, but we're close", Monday, Nov. 25, 2019.
December 6, 2019 Dispatches

Russian Trans Woman Sentenced to Three Years in Men’s Prison on Bogus Pornography Charges

Baseless Prosecution Puts Life and Health at Great Risk

The transgender pride flag.
December 3, 2019 Dispatches

Russia Should Be Held Accountable for Any War Crimes in Syria

Airstrike Investigation Supports Human Rights Watch Findings

Residents rescue injured child after strike on the displacement center in Hass on August 16, 2019.
December 3, 2019 Dispatches

Russian Activist Faces Unfounded Pornography Charges

Government Engages in Lawfare against Civic Activism

Yulia Tsvetkova, talking about her youth theater project “Pink and Blue”.
November 28, 2019 Dispatches

Moscow Theater Targeted by Law Enforcement Authorities

Free Artistic Expression Increasingly at Risk in Russia

Theater Doc on the first night of the “Bolotnaya Case” production about politically motivated prosecutions of protesters
November 28, 2019 News Release

Russia: Conviction in Politically Motivated Case

Activist Roman Udot Sentenced to 320 Hours of Correctional Labor

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November 25, 2019 Dispatches

Russian Official Invokes ‘Foreign Agent’ Law to Bar Homeless Shelter

Moscow District Council Deputy Finds New Use for Law Used to Silence Government Critics

Free-of-charge laundry for the homeless in St. Petersburg, Russia.
November 20, 2019 Dispatches

Are Russian Authorities Trolling on Domestic Violence?

Government Response to European Court Defies Belief – and the Facts

A A protest performance staged by women’s rights activists in Saint Petersburg after Russia’s adoption of domestic violence legislation, January 2017.

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