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Jun 12 2019 5:32pm
Russia: police violence against Golunov protesters condemned
Amnesty observers witnessed police violence, as more than 400 people -...
Jun 7 2019 4:04pm
Russia: arrest of journalist on drugs charge part of 'depressingly familiar pattern'
Ivan Golunov - who had been investigating government corruption - appe...
Jun 5 2019 5:48pm
Urgent Action: Health of imprisoned Crimean Tatar at risk
Crimean Tatar, Edem Bekirov, has been detained in Simferopol since his...
Mar 28 2019 12:00am
Syria: Government forces have bombed medical facilities, school and bakery in Idlib
Six recent attacks verified by Amnesty, with children among those kill...
Feb 5 2019 1:12pm
Russia: verdict due in trial of first Jehovah's Witness arrested under new clampdown
Verdict in trial of Danish national Dennis Christensen expected tomorr...
Jan 31 2019 4:19pm
Russia: 'Heartless' charges against activist who supported detained colleague
The Russian authorities must stop their vicious campaign against oppos...
Dec 6 2018 12:03pm
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender’s sentencing is imminent
On 26 November, Oyub Titiev – prisoner of conscience and the head of R...
Dec 5 2018 4:59pm
Russia: 77-year-old human rights defender jailed for Facebook post
'Lev Ponomarev is one of the pillars of the human rights movement in R...
Nov 12 2018 12:59pm
Urgent Action Update: Lawyer released on bail but threat of jail remains
Lawyer Mikhail Benyash, who had been detained since 9 September after ...
Oct 15 2018 12:24pm
Russia: Amnesty researcher abducted and subjected to mock executions in Ingushetia
‘They demanded to know the names of my contacts in Ingushetia and thre...