by HRWF | Nov 16, 2023 | Falun Gong, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Jehovah Witnesses, Russia
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest November 01-15 14.11.2023 – The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses from Karpinsk once again returns to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court Sova – After the Supreme Court did not approve the acquittal of three...
by HRWF | Oct 1, 2023 | Human Rights in the World, Russia
Digest about ordinary peaceful dissidents and resisters (29 September) OVD-Info (29.09.2023) – Not all Russians are pro-Putin or zombified by his propaganda. OVD-Info publishes a weekly newsletter in English about ordinary people who resist and oppose Putin’s...
by HRWF | Aug 3, 2023 | Human Rights in the World, Russia
Russia’s Supreme Court upholds 22-year prison sentence for journalist Ivan Safronov CPJ (02.08.2023) – In response to the Russian Supreme Court decision on Wednesday to uphold the 22-year prison sentence of journalist Ivan Safronov, who was convicted of treason last...
by HRWF | Jul 27, 2023 | Human Rights in the World, Russia
Russia bans exiled outlet Dozhd TV as ‘undesirable’ CPJ (26.07.2023) – Russian authorities should stop attempting to silence the exiled broadcaster Dozhd TV (TV Rain) and cease using the country’s “undesirable organization” law to intimidate independent media and...
by HRWF | Mar 20, 2023 | Human Rights in the World, Russia
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit for the liquidation of the SOVA Center* Human Rights Without Frontiers calls upon the international community to stand up for SOVA Center and the long-time human rights defender Alexander Verkhovsky,...
by HRWF | Mar 18, 2023 | Human Rights in the World, Russia
ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes Arrest warrants issued for Russian leader and his children’s rights commissioner for ‘unlawful deportation’ of Ukrainian children By Julian Borger in Washington and Pjotr Sauer The...