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Inspirational Women's DayRemembering women human rights defenders - Amnesty Scotland blog
Blog post 07 Mar 2017 -
End Action: Ildar Dadin moved to new prison in Russian Federation
Following revelations that he had been tortured in Segezha prison colony, prisoner of conscience Ildar Dadin was moved to a new prison colony.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action: Journalist threatened by Chechen official in Russian Federation
The speaker of the Chechen parliament used his Instagram account to threaten prominent journalist Grigory Shvedov on 6 January.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jan 2017 -
Russia: four years of Putin's foreign agents law has 'shackled and silenced' NGOs - new reportPress release 18 Nov 2016
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Russia's withdrawal from International Criminal Court statute is 'completely cynical'Press release 16 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Librarian's trial started in Moscow
Natalya Sharina’s trial began on 2 November and if convicted, she will face up to ten years in prison. Natalya Sharina is a prisoner of conscience and must be released immediately and unconditionally.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Syria conflict: Voices from AleppoTeachers, medics, rescue workers... the people trapped in eastern Aleppo live in constant fear. These are their stories.
04 Nov 2016 -
Russia: Moscow authorities blocking attempts to resolve Amnesty office closure disputePress release 03 Nov 2016
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Russia: Amnesty International's Moscow office sealed, with electricity cut offPress release 02 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Prisoner of conscience writes of torture in Russian Federation
In a letter addressed to his wife and published on a news website on 1 November, prisoner of conscience Ildar Dadin revealed that prison staff, including the director of the prison colony in Segezha, in the Karelia region of Russia, have beaten and…
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Appeal of two Ukranian men rejected in Russia
On 26 October the Russian Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Stanislav Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk who had been sentenced after an unfair trial to 20 and 22 years respectively for allegedly killing Russian soldiers in Chechnya in 1994 – 1996.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Family imprisoned for selling poppy seed in Russian Federation
Four members of the Polukhin family were accused of drug trafficking in 2010 for selling culinary poppy seeds and each sentenced to eight years in prison after an unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Russian student jailed for playing Pokemon Go in church
On 11 August, Ruslan Sokolovsky published a video on YouTube in which he plays the mobile phone game “Pokemon GO” in one of the main churches in Yekaterinburg, the Urals
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
'Farcical' that Russian blogger faces five years in jail for playing Pokémon Go in a churchPress release 05 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action update: Librarian's case sent back for investigation in Russia
The Moscow Prosecutor General’s office refused to sign the indictment against Natalya Sharina and the case was sent back for further investigation. It is expected that Natalya Sharina’s house arrest will be extended on 26 August. She is a prisoner of…
Urgent action outcomes 26 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Man released from psychiatric institution in Russia
Konstantin Zadoya was released on 3 August from a psychiatric hospital in Novosibirsk, western Siberia
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Review detention in Russian psychiatric institution
A young man with no history of mental health concerns has been detained in a psychiatric hospital and forcibly treated following an argument with his father. The relevant court order was issued following a hearing that violated his right to a fair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Russian performance artist released from prison
Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky was released from prison on 8 June after almost seven months in custody.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Victim of unfair trial, health at risk in Russian Federation
Stanislav Klykh is currently in pre-trial detention after being sentenced on 26 May to 20 years in prison after an unfair trial.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prominent Russian defender declared criminal suspect
Prominent human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko was informed on 24 June that she has been declared a suspect under the “foreign agents law”. She may face up to two years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jul 2016
