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Week-ending 22 April 2016



Candidates withdraw

Results annulled


Nikolai Bogoliubov

Mykola 
Semena

OSCE

Petr Pavlensky

Press Freedom Index


Crimean Tatar Mejlis

Sotsium


New ombudswoman


ECtHR

Deportations to Uzbekistan

Yukos
Elections
On 19/4 four candidates from Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation withdrew from the Barvikha municipal elections in protest against fraud in early voting. (The Moscow Times, 19/4)

On 20/4 the Central Electoral Commission ordered election results from Barvikha in Moscow region annulled due to violations during early voting. (The Moscow Times, 20/4)

Freedom of expression
On 18/4 a Moscow court sentenced poet Nikolai Bogoliubov to a 200k rouble fine and one year’s community service on ethnic hatred charges. (RFE/RL, 18/4)

On 19/4 prosecutors in Crimea opened a criminal case into journalist Mykola Semena from the Ukrainian Radio Svoboda service on charges of inciting separatism for a publication on the Krym.Realii website. (The Moscow Times, 19/4)

On 19/4 OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern about the intimidation of journalist Mykola Semena in Crimea, Ukraine. (OSCE, 19/4)

On 20/4 prosecutors opened a criminal case against performance artist Petr Pavlensky, accused of setting fire to the headquarters of the FSB in a political protest. (RFE/RL, 20/4)

On 20/4 Reporters without Borders ranked Russia 148th in its World Press Freedom Index. (Reporters without Borders, 20/4)

Right of association

On 18/4 the Justice Ministry suspended the Crimean Tatars' highest ruling body – the Mejlis - due to what it called ‘extremist activities.’ (RFE/RL, 18/4)

On 19/4 Saratov-based NGO Sotsium that assists HIV patients was designated a ‘foreign agent’. (The Moscow Times, 19/4)

Human Rights Ombudsman
On 22/4 the State Duma elected retired police general Tatyana Moskalkova as the new human rights ombudswoman. (The Moscow Times, 22/4)

International law
On 19/4 the Constitutional Court ruled Moscow may ignore part of a European Court of Human Rights judgment in a dispute on prisoner voting rights. (RFE/RL, 19/4)

On 21/4 Amnesty International reported 100s of asylum seekers, refugees, and migrant workers have been forcibly deported or abducted to Uzbekistan, where they have been subjected to torture. (Amnesty International, 21/4)

On 20/4 The Hague District Court quashed a $50 billion award Russia had been ordered to pay the former majority shareholders of the dismantled oil giant Yukos. (RFE/RL, 20/4)
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