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May 1 2019 9:54am
Urgent Action outcome: Mikhail Tsakunov released, trial ongoing
Prisoner of conscience Mikhail Tsakunov was released under travel rest...
Apr 10 2019 4:25pm
Urgent Action: Three face jail for peaceful protest
The trial against Yan Sidorov, Vladislav Mordasov and Viacheslav Shash...
Mar 27 2019 2:20pm
Crimea: at least 20 Tatars detained in latest Russian crackdown
Russian forces conducted at least 25 searches in Tatar homes in Crimea...
Mar 26 2019 4:36pm
Urgent Action outcome: Chechen human rights defender jailed
On 18 March the Shali City Court sentenced Oyub Titiev, head of the Me...
Mar 26 2019 1:54pm
Urgent Action update: Two Jehovah’s witnesses still detained
Artur Severinchik was released from detention on 15 March following th...
Mar 18 2019 5:27pm
Russia: leading Chechen human rights activist sent to penal colony for four years
Head of Memorial’s Chechnya office - Oyub Titiev - subjected to ‘sham’...
Mar 4 2019 3:19pm
Urgent Action: Three Jehovah’s witnesses at risk of torture
On 15 February Russian law enforcement officials carried out raids on ...
Feb 26 2019 1:59pm
Urgent Action: Prominent defender must be released
The final hearing in the trial against Oyub Titiev, prominent human ri...
Feb 18 2019 4:13pm
Urgent Action: Danish Jehovah’s witness jailed for his faith
Danish national and Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen was found gui...
Feb 7 2019 1:48pm
Urgent Action: Human rights defender under house arrest
On 23 January, Anastasia Shevchenko, an Open Russia human rights defen...