The international Queer culture festival (Queerfest), held in St Petersburg 20-29 September, is like the light at the end of the tunnel for the Russian LGBT-community after a year when homophobic laws...
A very disturbing trend is going on at this moment in Russia. Just before the summer holidays, the Russian State Duma has adopted a number of bills, at a furious pace, restricting freedom of expressio...
Civil Rights Defenders is greatly concerned by the proposed amendments to the law on NGOs in Russia, which would designate human rights organisations as “foreign agents” for receiving funds from abroa...
Natalia Estemirova was one of the leading human rights defenders in the North Caucasus. Working for Civil Rights Defenders’ partner, Human Rights Centre Memorial, she investigated cases of grave human...
A new bill that “forbids propaganda for sodomi, lesbianism, bisexuality, transgenderism and sexual abuse of minors” was accepted at a first reading in the regional parliament of Saint Petersburg on No...
In the North Caucasus impunity for grave human rights violations, committed by law enforcement agents on the pretext of combating terrorism, is widespread and requires prompt and independent investiga...
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