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Feb 21 2014 8:01pm
Russian journalist accused of anti-gay 'propaganda' defeats charges
In January this year, Elena Klimova was charged under Russia’s new ant...
Feb 21 2014 2:02pm
Russia: today's guilty verdicts in Bolotnaya protest case are 'politically-motivated'
‘What happened on Bolotnaya Square … was not the quelling of a riot...
Feb 21 2014 9:08am
Cracking whips at Sochi: Russia's crackdown on free speech continues
It’s two years today since Pussy Riot climbed the steps to the altar o...
Feb 18 2014 1:17pm
Russia: Sochi arrest of Pussy Riot and other activists condemned
‘In Putin’s Russia, the authorities have turned the Olympic rings …...
Feb 14 2014 5:26pm
France: knife attack on Ukrainian human rights activist in Strasbourg condemned
‘This is the first time that someone has been targeted across inter...
Feb 14 2014 2:44pm
Text petition - Russian journalist Elena Klimova
Journalist Elena Klimova started her project Children 404 to give...
Feb 14 2014 12:08pm
Kate Moss and other fashion industry figures speak out on Russia's human rights crackdown
Video clips released to mark start of London Fashion Week    ...
Feb 13 2014 2:52pm
Continue writing: every letter matters
A meeting with a Russian human rights lawyer who had been the subject ...
Feb 11 2014 3:50pm
Continue writing: every letter matters
Back in December I was lucky enough to meet Russian human rights lawye...
Feb 10 2014 6:14pm
Sochi: letter to Olympics Committee calls for action over crackdown on environmentalists
‘The IOC must take the Russian leadership to task over its blatant vio...