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Press Release
Jailed Former Ukraine Prime Minister Must Be Released, Says Amnesty International
A former Ukrainian prime minister jailed today for abuse of office must be released, Amnesty International said today. Yuliya Tymoshenko…
October 11, 2011
Report
Ukraine must act to deal with endemic police criminality
Human rights abuses are practised systematically by the police in Ukraine, despite increasing efforts to combat the problem and growing…
October 11, 2011
Press Release
Human Rights Defenders in Russia Under Threat, Says Amnesty International
Five years after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative journalist, little progress has been made to increase the safety…
October 7, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls New Arrest in Anna Politkovskaya’s Murder “Step in the Right Direction”
The arrest of a former senior Russian police official in connection with the murder of journalist and human rights defender…
August 24, 2011
Press Release
‘Justice Not Done’ in Ukrainian Student Death Investigation, Says Amnesty International
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - An investigation into the death in custody of a Ukrainian student is…
August 18, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Human Rights Defender Aleksei Sokolov
Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Today, a court in Krasnoyarsk decided to release Aleksei Sokolov on…
July 28, 2011
Press Release
Fresh threats against human rights defenders in Chechnya
The Chechen authorities must end their intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders
June 29, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Condemns Hostility Towards Human Rights Defenders in Chechnya
The Chechen authorities must end their intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today, after recent threats…
June 29, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Ukraine 2011
Head of state: Viktor Yanukovich (replaced Viktor Yushchenko in February) Head of government: Mykola Azarov (replaced Yuliya Timoshenko in March)…
June 20, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Russian Federation 2011
Head of state: Dmitry Medvedev Head of government: Vladimir Putin Death penalty: abolitionist in practice Population: 140.4 million Life expectancy:…
June 20, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Says Russian Human Rights Defender Not Guilty of Slander Charges
A leading Russian human rights defender, Oleg Orlov, has been accused of slandering the Chechen president has been acquitted by…
June 15, 2011
Press Release
Russian businessmen declared prisoners of conscience after convictions are upheld
Amnesty International has declared Russian businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev prisoners of conscience after the two men’s convictions on…
May 25, 2011