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Russian and Syrian forces must end deliberate attacks on hospitals
Attacks on at least two medical facilities in Syria today are just the latest of scores of apparently deliberate attacks on…
February 16, 2016
Press Release
Syria: Russia’s shameful failure to acknowledge civilian killings
Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians and caused massive destruction in residential areas, striking homes, a…
December 22, 2015
Press Release
Russia: Peaceful activist sentenced under repressive new law must be released
Russia’s jailing of a peaceful opposition activist for violating the country’s new law on public assemblies is a shocking and…
December 7, 2015
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Russia: Release of Sochi campaigner jailed on absurd charges long overdue
The long overdue release of a campaigner jailed after he protested against the devastating environmental impact of the Sochi Olympic…
November 10, 2015
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Russia: Crimean activists sentenced after ‘fatally flawed’ military trial
Hefty prison sentences of up to two decades handed down by a Russian military court against two Ukrainian activists today…
August 25, 2015
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Russia: Move to Outlaw “Undesirable” Foreign Organizations Suffocates Human Rights
A new move by the Russian Parliament to outlaw so-called undesirable organizations is yet another nail in the coffin for…
July 8, 2015
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Russia: Making troop deaths a secret ‘attacks freedom of expression’
A decree signed today by President Vladimir Putin making deaths of Russian forces “in peacetime” a state secret is yet…
May 28, 2015
Report
Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association in Crimea
The de facto authorities in Crimea have failed to investigate a series of abductions and torture of their critics, and…
March 18, 2015
Report
State of the World 2014/2015
This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up…
February 25, 2015
Press Release
Violent Attack on Pussy Riot Members Must Not Be Tolerated
The Russian authorities must promptly launch an independent and impartial investigation into an apparently unprovoked and premeditated attack in Nizhny…
March 6, 2014
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Russia: Hundreds More Protesters Arbitrarily Arrested Outside Bolotnaya Trial Sentencing
The apparently arbitrary arrest and detention of a further 234 peaceful protesters outside a Moscow court building today shows how…
February 24, 2014
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Russia’s Guilty Verdict of Bolotnaya Defendants is “Injustice at Its Most Obvious”
Today's guilty verdict against defendants in the Bolotnaya Square protest trial is a hideous injustice.
February 21, 2014