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Jul 13 2020 4:28pm
Urgent Action outcome: Journalist convicted but given lenient sentence
Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva was found guilty of “justificat...
Jun 2 2020 5:43pm
Russia: anti-Putin shaman confined to psychiatric hospital
Last year, Aleksandr Gabyshev walked more nearly 3,000 kilometres on e...
May 9 2020 11:59pm
Syria: UN must not cut vital aid lifeline to Idlib amid Russian and Syrian war crimes - new report
Detailed investigation into 18 air and ground attacks on hospitals and...
Apr 29 2020 9:42am
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Governments must stop abusing emergency powers during COVID-19 pandemic
Governments in the region routinely resort to repressive measures to s...
Mar 5 2020 1:14pm
Crimea: Jehovah's Witness sentenced to six years in penal colony
Sergei Filatov is ‘prisoner of conscience’, says Amnesty Case is fi...
Mar 4 2020 5:36pm
Syria: Moscow summit must prioritise civilian safety in Idlib
‘All parties to the conflict must allow civilians wishing to flee the ...
Feb 7 2020 3:56pm
Russia: 'gay purge' journalist attacked by mob in Chechnya
Investigative journalist Elena Milashina and human rights lawyer Marin...
Jan 31 2020 11:40am
Russia: legal challenge to 'intrusive' facial recognition technology
Civil rights activist and politician bring case citing threats to righ...
Jan 23 2020 11:48am
First update: Lengthy jail terms for prisoners of conscience
On 12 November, a Russian military court found Crimean Tatar human rig...
Jan 21 2020 6:06pm
Outcome: Sentencing of two young men upheld
On 10 December, a court of appeal upheld the convictions of human righ...