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Urgent Action: Rights defender facing criminal prosecution in Russia
Prominent human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko has been repeatedly summoned by an investigator and may become the first to be criminally prosecuted under the “foreign agents law”.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Justice for Darya Poliudova in Russia23 May 2016
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Update: Russian government critic's convicted upheld
Yekaterina Vologzheninova’s appeal was rejected on 26 April and she must serve 320 hours of “corrective labour”.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Provide adequate medical care to jailed Russian lawyer
A lawyer sentenced to eight and a half years’ imprisonment for alleged extortion and damage to property after a possibly unfair trial is in urgent need of specialized medical care.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Activist released from psychiatric hospital in Russia
Activist Dmitry Vorobyovsky, who had been taken to a psychiatric hospital on 6 May and subjected to involuntary psychiatric treatment, was released following a court order on 12 May.
Urgent action outcomes 18 May 2016 -
Darya Poliudova: Facing two years imprisonment for bloggingBlog post 10 May 2016
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Urgent Action: Activist forcibly detained in psychiatric hospital in Russia
Activist Dmitry Vorobyovsky was forcibly taken from his home to the Voronezh Regional Neurological Dispensary on the evening of 6 May.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Russian blogger imprisoned after appeal rejected
On 20 April political activist and blogger Darya Poliudova arrived in the open prison colony in Novorossiisk, Krasnodar Krai, where she will be serving her sentence after her appeal was rejected on 30 March.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Russian prisoner of conscience targeted and harassed
Tatar activist and prisoner of conscience Rafis Kashapov is currently serving a three-year sentence for criticizing the Russian government.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Russian librarian's house arrest extended
Librarian Natalya Sharina has been under house arrest since 30 October 2015 for the library holding “extremist literature”.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: Chechen man forcibly disappeared in Russia
Khusein Betelgeriev, has been missing since being taken by uniformed men from his home in Grozny on 31 March 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: Rights defenders at risk of further attacks in Russia
Human Rights Defenders have been repeatedly threatened by the Chechen authorities and targeted with increasing violence.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Apr 2016 -
Russia: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko must get retrial after 'deeply politicised' trialPress release 21 Mar 2016
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Russia: release of jailed Sochi Games protester welcomedPress release 10 Nov 2015
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Russia: Ukrainian film-maker's 20-year jail sentence compared to 'Stalinist-era show trials'Press release 25 Aug 2015
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Russia: new list of 12 'undesirable' NGOs is part of move to suffocate free expressionPress release 08 Jul 2015
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Russia: troop deaths decree is 'blatant attack on freedom of expression'Press release 29 May 2015
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Syria: One year since Russia & China blocked the ICCOne year ago Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution which would have referred the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court.
Blog post 22 May 2015 -
Russia: passage through Duma of 'undesirable organisations' bill strongly condemnedPress release 19 May 2015
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Russia: one-person picket protesters locked up after Bolotnaya demoPress release 08 May 2015
