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A Russian appeal courts decision earlier today to keep a second Pussy Riot punk band member behind bars for performing a protest song is further confirmation of the countrys dangerous slide towards greater suppression of free speech, Amnesty International said. Posted: 26 Jul 2013

A Russian appeal court decision today to refuse parole to Maria Alekhina - one of the all-female Pussy Riot punk group jailed for performing a protest song in an Orthodox cathedral - is a further travesty of justice, Amnesty International said. Posted: 24 Jul 2013

More than 100 internationally-renowned musicians have joined a worldwide call for the release of the two jailed members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot ahead of their parole appeal hearings this week. Posted: 22 Jul 2013

The sentencing today of the popular Russian blogger and informal opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has been denounced as a parody of a prosecution and a parody of a trial. Posted: 18 Jul 2013

The Italian government must investigate and make public all the facts behind the recent illegal expulsion of the wife and daughter of the Kazakhstani opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov, said Amnesty International today. Posted: 16 Jul 2013

Comments from Sergei Nikitin, Head of Amnesty International's Moscow office, after taking part in a meeting with the US whistleblower Edward Snowden at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport earlier this afternoon. Posted: 12 Jul 2013

The posthumous trial of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has been denounced as the height of absurdity after a court in Moscow pronounced Mr Magnitsky guilty of tax fraud offences earlier today. Posted: 11 Jul 2013

Report comes a week after Camerons controversial trade trip to oil-rich country. Posted: 11 Jul 2013

The Russian authorities must urgently investigate the killing of a journalist this morning in the North Caucasus, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 10 Jul 2013

Russia and Ukraine colluding in region-wide renditions programme - new report Posted: 3 Jul 2013

The hefty fine imposed on a civil society organisation in Russia today is further evidence of the Russian governments determination to curtail the freedom of association and free speech in the country, Amnesty International said this evening. Posted: 6 Jun 2013

Just days before the Ukrainian capital Kiev was due to host its first-ever Pride march, a city court has banned the event in what Amnesty International called a shameful about-face that tramples on human rights. Posted: 23 May 2013

Homophobia has reached endemic levels in Ukraine, a new report launched by Amnesty International revealed today. The 17-page report was launched in Kiev a day before the International Day Against Homophobia, and just nine days before Kiev plans to hold its first Pride march. Posted: 16 May 2013

The Moscow courts decision earlier today to fine a Russian independent non-governmental organisation is an alarming indicator for the future of civil society in the country, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said this afternoon. Posted: 25 Apr 2013

Vladimir Putins first year back as Russian president has seen a witch hunt against NGOs and critics, and a systematic undermining of freedom of expression in the country, Amnesty International said in a new report today. Posted: 24 Apr 2013

Civil society is being suppressed in Belarus by a repressive government that will not tolerate any form of criticism, Amnesty International said in a report released on Thursday 18 April. Posted: 18 Apr 2013

A new Amnesty report published today reveals shocking levels of torture conducted by the Ukrainian police force and calls for immediate action. Posted: 11 Apr 2013

Global pressure must be applied to all parties in the Syrian conflict to abide by international humanitarian and human rights law, Amnesty International said as the League of Arab States gathered in Qatar for a summit and BRICS nations met at a separate event in South Africa. Posted: 26 Mar 2013

Amnesty Internationals Moscow office is currently being inspected by prosecutors and tax inspectors - part of a wave of inspections of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) across Russia in recent weeks. Posted: 25 Mar 2013

A new wave of inspections of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in Russia in the past fortnight is part of an intensifying crackdown on the countrys embattled human rights community since the adoption of a series of restrictive laws last year, Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders and Human Rights Watch said today. Posted: 22 Mar 2013