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    • October 2013 Greenpeace: Arctic Sunrise / Right of assembly / Pussy Riot / Freedom of expression / Aleksei Navalny / Racism / European Court of Human Rights / NGOs - NGO activists Read more
      Posted 11 Nov 2013 10:39 by Rights in Russia
    • September 2013 Electoral rights / Right of association / North Caucasus  / Environment  / Right of assembly  / Pussy Riot Read more
      Posted 20 Oct 2013 13:10 by Rights in Russia
    • July 2013 Killings  /  Pussy Riot  /  Yukos  /  Right of association  /  LGBT rights  /  Aleksei Navalny  / Other cases Read more
      Posted 2 Aug 2013 04:55 by Rights in Russia
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    October 2013

    posted 11 Nov 2013 10:39 by Rights in Russia

    Greenpeace: Arctic Sunrise /     Right of assembly / Pussy Riot / Freedom of expression / Aleksei Navalny / Racism / European Court of Human Rights / NGOs - NGO activists 

    September 2013

    posted 20 Oct 2013 13:10 by Rights in Russia

    Electoral rights /     Right of association / North Caucasus  / Environment  / Right of assembly  / Pussy Riot 

    July 2013

    posted 2 Aug 2013 04:55 by Rights in Russia   [ updated 2 Aug 2013 04:55 ]

    Killings  /      Pussy Riot  /  Yukos  /  Right of association  /  LGBT rights  /  Aleksei Navalny  / Other cases 

    June 2013

    posted 20 Jul 2013 10:11 by Rights in Russia

    Right of assembly /     ‘Foreign agent’ law / Activists / LGBT rights / Justice system / Freedom of expression / Yukos case 

    May 2013

    posted 8 Jun 2013 11:12 by Rights in Russia

    Pussy riot / R    ight of association / Right of assembly  / Freedom of expression / Activists  /  Yukos  /  North Caucasus 

    April 2013

    posted 13 May 2013 01:55 by Rights in Russia   [ updated 13 May 2013 01:55 ]

    Right of association:     NGOs challenge Putin's comment that NGOs received about $1bn from abroad  / Memorial Human Rights Center files challenge against inspections  /  Justice Ministry says no evidence of extremism  / Civic Assistance Committee gets repeat inspection  / Golos fined /  Transparency International-Russia warned  /  Memorial Human Rights Centre, Agora, and Memorial Anti-Discrimination Centre told to register as ‘foreign agents’ 
    Right of assembly: Moscow court extends house arrest of Sergei Udaltsov  /  Moscow court dismisses abduction complaint by Leonid Razvozzhaev  /  Moscow rally in support of those charged over Bolotnaya Square rally  /  24 protesters arrested on Red Square  /  Independent inquiry vindicates protesters at May 2012 rally  /  Konstantin Lebedev sentenced  / New commission of experts on May rally  announced 
    Pussy Riot: Court postpones hearing Alekhina’s petition for parole  / Court denies parole request by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. 
    Aleksei Navalny: Navalny's criticism of the government made investigators ‘accelerate’ case against him  / Rally in Moscow against trial of Navalny  /  New — fifth — charge against Navalny  /  Navalny says trial would prove his innocence  /  UN Special Rapporteur urges Russian Government to guarantee independence of justice system 
    Magnitsky case: USA places visa bans and asset freezes on 18 in "Magnitsky list"  /  Russia publishes list of 18 barred from country  /  Bill Browder placed on an international wanted list 
    Mikhail Savva: FSB detains Mikhail Savva  /  Court orders Savva be held in custody  /  Wife says case is politically motivated 
    Internet freedom:  Investigators search office and home of Pavel Durov, founder of the VKontakte  /  Internet publications get warnings over  Pussy Riot publications 
    North Caucasus: European Court of Human Rights rules in Askhabova v Russia that police loyal to Ramzan Kadyrov kidnapped and murdered local man  /  Police and private security forces forcibly dispersed protestors in Sochi  /  Police said 73 alleged members of Islamist insurgency killed in 2013. 

    March 2013

    posted 12 Apr 2013 09:56 by Rights in Russia   [ updated 12 Apr 2013 15:31 ]

    Pussy Riot case:     Human Rights Watch calls for release of imprisoned Pussy Riot members / Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin petitions for quashing of Pussy Riot verdict / Penal colony says it opposes Tolokonnikova’s parole / Prosecutors find violations in Alekhina’s conditions  
    Magnitsky case: Interior Ministry to bring criminal charges against Bill Browder / Magnitsky's widow Natalya Zharikova says trial is ‘an insult to his memory’ / Posthumous trial of Magnitsky for tax evasion began on 11/3. 
    Leonid Razvozzhaev case: Razvozzhaev taken from pre-trial detention in Irkutsk to Moscow / Charged with making a false accusation / Pre-trial detention extended by four months. 
    Right of association: Moscow prosecutors conduct inspections of NGOs / Law enforcement agencies conduct inspections in Krasnodar / Inspections on  21/3, 25/3, 27/3, and 28/3 / Pavel Chikov (Agora) and Lev Ponomarev (For Human Rights) summoned for questioning / Charges brought against Lev Ponomarev / EU-Russia Civil Society Forum and Amnesty International, Frontline Defenders and Human Rights Watch express concern at the inspections / Presidential Council on Human Rights and Civil Society called on Prosecutor General to explain inspections / Memorial Human Rights Centre asks Moscow Prosecutor's Office to explain legal grounds for inspections 
    Right of assembly: Pre-trial detention for three activists detained at Bolotnaya Square rally extended / Seven detained at rally in support of Pussy Riot / Demonstrators arrested following alleged attack by riot police / Claim made that police organized clashes at Bolotnaya Square rally / Moscow city hall rejects request to hold Strategy 31 rally. 
    Freedom of expression: Academic Ivan Moseyev fined 100,000 roubles for insulting dignity of Russian ethnic group / Federal media and telecoms watchdog said Twitter agreed to block access to blacklisted accounts or posts / Federal consumer protection agency criticized Google and YouTube.

    February 2013

    posted 11 Mar 2013 13:29 by Rights in Russia   [ updated 11 Mar 2013 13:40 ]

    Civic activists:     Human rights council believe police instigated violence at a May rally  /  Moscow official hints at ban on white ribbons  /  Investigators raid apartment of Vladimir Ashurkov  /  Investigative Committee said Aleksei Navalny fraudulently obtained lawyer's credentials  /  Sergei Udaltsov under house arrest  /  Moscow court dismissed appeal by Udaltsov  /  Konstantin Lebedev placed under house arrest  /  Leonid Razvozzhaev’s lawyer said investigators attempting to interrogate his client’s lawyers  /  Razvozzhaev served three days in solitary confinement /  NGOs said a bill on volunteering would stifle work 
    Freedom of expression: Agora Human Rights Association reported 1197 violations of Internet freedom  / Kostroma region plans "white list"  /  Photos  reported blocked from the Pussy Riot blog  /  YouTube to sue Federal Consumer Protection Service  
    Freedom of association: Ministry of Justice demanded regional offices coordinate over 'foreign agents' law with central officials  /  NGOs submitted application to the European Court of Human Rights  /  President Putin called on security service officers to shield Russians  /  Ministry of Justice refused to conduct checks into Golos and Levada Centre   /  Public Prosecutor's Office for Saratov region plans to inspect 70 NGOs 
    Freedom of assembly: Constitutional Court upheld the ban on individuals with multiple administrative convictions organizing rallies  /   Chelyabinsk Investigative Committee opened an investigation into alleged rioting by prisoners’ relatives  /  St. Petersburg’s legislative assembly adopted a ban on public gatherings in city centre 
    Freedom of residence: Petition against bill to tighten residence registration  /  Moscow city urged managers of apartment buildings to report unregistered residents 
    North Caucasus: Special forces in Dagestan killed alleged terrorist  /  Human Rights Watch reported on the exploitation of migrant workers in Sochi  /  President Putin signed decree allowing conscripts to be sent to internal conflict zones  /  NGOs called on the President of Dagestan to ensure justice for Alibek Mirzekhanov  /  Amnesty International reported investigation opened into death threats against lawyer Magamed Abubakarov

    January 2013

    posted 16 Feb 2013 08:47 by Rights in Russia   [ updated 11 Mar 2013 13:30 ]

    ‘Anti-Magnitsky’ law:     Law banning the adoption of Russian children by US families and placing new restrictions on NGOs /  Altshuler calls on French President to ban Pavel Astakhov from entering France  /  Kremlin says adoptions already approved by court to go ahead  /  Thousands take part in Moscow march against ban  / European Court orders communication of four applications by US families  
    Human rights defenders: Yury Schmidt dies in St. Petersburg  /  Valery Abramkin dies in Moscow  /  Moscow march commemorates lives of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova 
    Civil society activists: Leonid Razvozzhaev sent to Irkutsk  / Razvozzhaev agrees charges of robbery in Irkutsk be dropped  /  Razvozzhaev appeals against refusal to investigate abduction in Ukraine  /  Razvozzhaev says guards not allowing him to sit or lie on bed  /  Investigative Committee says Razvozzhaev charged with making a false crime report  /  Razvozzhaev demands to be moved to Moscow  /  Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevich withdraws complaint against former lawyers  /  Court dismisses appeal by Maria Alekhina to defer sentence  / Video of Pussy Riot's protest against President Putin banned in Russia  /  Aleksandr Dolmatov commits suicide in Netherlands  /  Supporters of Dolmatov accuse Netherlands of complicity in his suicide  /  Dolmatov’s mother asks Queen of Netherlands to help investigate death of son  /  Human Rights Watch launch annual report describing “crackdown against civic activism”  
    LGBT rights:  Picketers in Voronezh against ban on "homosexual propaganda" beaten up  /  Demonstration against proposed ban on "homosexual propaganda" attacked  / Ilya Kolmanovsky fired by Moscow high school for taking part in demonstration  /  Kaliningrad assembly passes bill banning “homosexual propaganda” 
    NGOs: Justice Ministry refuses to include Shield & Sword in ‘foreign agent’ register  /  Ministry of Justice publishes draft bill on reasons for conducting unscheduled checks of NGOs
    Access to information: Constitutional Court rules in case brought by Memorial over access to archives 
    North Caucasus: Gunman shot dead in Karachayevo-Cherkessia  /  Security forces kill three militants in Kabardino-Balkaria  /  Judge Magomed Magodemov gunned down in Dagestan

    December 2012

    posted 9 Jan 2013 06:59 by Rights in Russia   [ updated 16 Feb 2013 08:44 ]

    Magnitsky Act     Obama signs Magnitsky Act  /  Putin signs 'anti-Magnitsky' law 
    Prisons Members of Chelyabinsk Public Oversight Commission publish evidence of torture at Kopeisk No. 6  /  Beating of prisoners reported at Atlyan Juvenile Penal Colony  
    Freedom of expression Newsreader Kazbek Gekkiyev shot dead  / Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina faces disciplinary action / Russian government seeks to ban monograph by Stanislav Dmitrievsky  / Documentary film project “The Term”  temporarily halted 
    Right of assembly About 70 detained at Moscow protest on Lubyanka Square  /  Eduard Limonov and two dozen other activists detained on 31 December
    Civil society activists  Grigory Oganezov reported threats / Jenny Kurpen filed a complaint with Strasbourg Court for alleged police torture  /  Homes of activists searched in Moscow, Nizhny Novogorod, and Voronezh  / Suren Gazaryan placed on federal police wanted list  /  Aleksei Navalny charged with fraud and money laundering 
    Anna Politkovskaya  Dmitry Pavliuchenkov sentenced to 11 years in prison  /  Lawyer for Politkovskaya’s family appealed against  sentence as too mild 
    Leonid Razvozzhaev  European Court of Human Rights asks Russia and Ukraine for information  / Razvozzhaev’s lawyer alleges his client threatened  /  Razvozzhaev sent to Chelyabinsk; asks to return to Moscow.

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