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Nov 12 2019 11:54am
Russia: leading Crimean activist and five co-defendants given long jail sentences
Prominent Tatar human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku jailed for 12 ye...
Oct 23 2019 4:49pm
Ukraine: Donetsk authorities jail journalist for 'espionage'
Stanislav Aseev sentenced to 15 years by court in ‘Donetsk People’s Re...
Sep 19 2019 3:54pm
Russia: detained Siberian shaman with 'magic powers' must be released
Aleksandr Gabyshev had been on 8,000km trek to Moscow to ‘purge’ count...
Sep 17 2019 12:59am
Russia: human rights activism a 'minefield' under Putin's presidency - new report
Repressive laws, jailings, beatings by ‘unknown’ assailants, bank acco...
Sep 7 2019 2:09pm
Russia: Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and others freed in prisoner swap
Russia and Ukraine have today finalised the exchange of 66 prisoners, ...
Aug 22 2019 12:29pm
Urgent Action: Stop the prosecution of peaceful protesters
In July and August, following the disqualification of opposition candi...
Aug 16 2019 11:51am
Urgent Action update: Release youth prisoners of conscience
The trial of Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Viacheslav Shashmin i...
Jul 27 2019 7:45pm
Russia: police 'hit new low' in military-style quashing of Moscow protest
Reacting to incidents of excessive use of force by Moscow police again...
Jun 12 2019 5:32pm
Russia: police violence against Golunov protesters condemned
Amnesty observers witnessed police violence, as more than 400 people -...
Jun 7 2019 4:04pm
Russia: arrest of journalist on drugs charge part of 'depressingly familiar pattern'
Ivan Golunov - who had been investigating government corruption - appe...