Russia’s government swiftly moves ahead with a package of constitutional amendments, including a reset on President Vladimir Putin’s previous terms, allowing him to potentially rule the country until ...
Russian feminist and LGBTI+ activist Yulia Tsvetkova may face up to six years in prison on charges of pornography, after sharing some of her artwork on social media. Yulia Tsvetkova is known for her i...
Civil Rights Defenders expresses concern over allegations of torture made by antifascist activists who were sentenced on 10 February by a Russian court in Penza, central Russia. Dmitry Pchelintsev, Il...
Russia’s upper house of parliament, the Russian Federation Council, has approved an anti-press freedom bill that allows the authorities to designate individuals, including journalists and bloggers, as...
Amendment Would Extend Restrictions to Individuals, Including Bloggers. Civil Rights Defenders, together with nine human rights organisations, is concerned by a new bill before the Russian parliament ...
On 6 November, a Moscow city court sided with the Russian Ministry of Justice and ordered the closure of Russia’s only and strongest indigenous rights organisations, the Centre for the Support of Indi...
On 1 November, Russia’s Supreme Court ordered the well-known human rights organisation and movement Za Prava Cheloveka (For Human Rights) to cease its operations. Civil Rights Defenders urges the Russ...
Right now, more than a thousand guests have gathered in St. Petersburg, Russia, to take part in one of the largest LGBTI+ events in the country. This is another successful year for Queerfest as the ev...
Today marks the beginning of Queerfest 2019 – a ten-day celebration of LGBTI+ activism in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since Queerfest opened its doors for the first time eleven years ago, the Russian stat...
It started as any other day. Natalia Estemirova, the head of the Russian human rights group Memorial’s office in Chechnya, stepped outside of her apartment building, making her way to the bus st...
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