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Weekly Update No. 9 (242) 6 March 2017
Quote for the Week
Zoya Svetova:
"If you or someone close to you is unjustly imprisoned, in defiance of the law, [...] it’s entirely possible the system will back down under pressure from the media and civil society"
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Person of the Week:
Zoya Svetova
Rights Group of the Week:
Gulagu.net
Legal Case of the Week:
Ildar Dadin
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What We Say
No Time to Cheer: What Dadin’s Release Means for Russia’s Other Political Prisoners
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Weekly News Round-up
Rights in Russia: Week-ending 3 March 2017
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Comment
Zoya Svetova: Dadin’s Law-2; Why it's important to shout about injustice [Open Russia]
Sergei Nikitin on Amnesty International’s annual report: "There are fewer freedoms now"
Andrei Yurov: On the School of Human Rights, politics, policy and the law
Lev Ponomarev: On defending the President from insults
Aleksandr Podrabinek: Looking after the State - On the latest Russian legislation
Appeal by Tatyana Moroshkina, mother of a political prisoner, in defence of her son. Chelyabinsk
International Memorial Society: Statement on the Boris Nemtsov memorial march
Institute of Law & Public Policy: On February 22, 2017 the Supreme Court of Russia quashed the conviction of Ildar Dadin following the Judgment of the Constitutional Court No. 2-П of February 10, 2017
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International Rights Groups on Russia
Front Line Defenders: Authorities search Zoya Svetova's apartment
EFJ - Russia: police raided home of journalist and human rights activist Zoya Svetova
Committee to Protect Journalists: Russian security forces raid journalist Zoya Svetova's home
Amnesty International: ‘Deeply alarming’ raid targets human rights activist and journalist Zoya Svetova
Human Rights Watch: Russia - Don’t Veto Sanctions for Syria Chemical Attacks
Human Rights Watch: Briefing on Shrinking Space for Civil Society in Russia
Human Rights Watch: Peaceful Protester Alleges Torture
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The Week in Quotes
Nadezhda Azhgikhina: "The raid on Zoya Svetova’s house reminded many Russian intellectuals and ordinary people of Soviet practices"
Zoya Svetova: "If you or someone close to you is unjustly imprisoned, in defiance of the law, [...] it’s entirely possible the system will back down under pressure from the media and civil society"
Sergei Nikitin: "This search [of Zoya Svetova's apartment] seems like a blatant attempt by the authorities to interfere with her legitimate work"
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Voices from the Past
Extra-judicial repression in 1968-9
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Remember the Date
Remember the Date: 5 March 1940 - Soviet authorities order the mass killing of Polish officers that became known as the Katyn Massacre
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Events
Valentina Cherevatenko speaks in London [19:30, Pushkin House, 9 March 2017]
Valentina Cherevatenko speaks in London [Facebook announcement]
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Our thanks to this week’s translators, including: Anna Bowles, Joanne Reynolds, Lincoln Pigman, Marian Schwartz, Simon Cosgrove and Suzanne Eade Roberts
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