Parole request Call for verdict to be quashed Browder to be charged Report on torture NGOs inspected Bolotnaya suspects Detentions at rallies Moseyev convicted Editors to leave Award for Milashina Federation Council | Pussy Riot case On 6/3 jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova filed a petition for early release on parole. (The Moscow Times, 8/3) On 6/3 media reported that human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has petitioned the Moscow City Court to quash the verdict against the members of Pussy Riot. (HRO.org, 6/3) Magnitsky case The Interior Ministry is to bring criminal charges against U.S.-born investor Bill Browder, head of Hermitage Capital, for whom Sergei Magnitsky was working as a lawyer when he died in pre-trial detention in 2009. (The Moscow Times, 6/3) Torture The Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights has published a report on torture, that has been submitted to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. (HRO.org, 4/3) Right of association The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has conducted a series of checks on non-profit organisations "in order to enforce existing legislation", involving specialists from the Federal Tax Service and the Ministry of Justice in the inspections. (HRO.org, 6/3) Right of assembly On 1/3 a Moscow court extended the pre-trial detention term for three activists detained at violent anti-Kremlin protests on May 6 on Bolotnaya Ploshchad. (The Moscow Times, 3/3) On 8/3 (International Women’s Day) three opposition rallies in support of women's rights were held around Moscow. Two of the events ended in a wave of detentions, at least seven demonstrators being detained at a protest against imprisonment of Pussy Riot members. (The Moscow Times, 11/3) Freedom of expression On 1/3 a district court in Arkhangelsk fined academic Ivan Moseyev 100,000 roubles for insulting the dignity of the Russian ethnic group. (Open Information Agency, 1/3) On 4/3 reports said Mikhail Kotov and Aleksei Vorobyev, editors-in-chief respectively of Gazeta.ru and Kommersant-FM radio, are leaving their posts. (The Moscow Times, 5/3) Elena Milashina, a reporter for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, will be one of 10 recipients of the International Women of Courage Award. (The Moscow Times, 7/3) Psychiatry Senator Oleg Panteleev has called for amendments to the legislation governing enforced psychiatric treatment to be discussed in the Federation Council. (HRO.org, 7/3) |
