On Tuesday 11 June, the Russian Duma passed legal amendments prohibiting “propaganda” of non-traditional sexual relationships among minors. The changes are part of a larger campaign to restrict human ...
Three United Nations independent human rights experts express serious concern at the “obstructive, intimidating and stigmatizing effects” brought about by the implementation in the Russian Federation ...
In the last week, a number of nongovernmental organisations across Russia have received vague written communications and loosely worded warnings from the Prosecutor’s Office. This happened in the afte...
On 22 January the European Court of Human Rights handed down the first judgement of a case stemming from Chechnya under Ramzan Kadyrov’s rule. The case regards Tamerlan Suleymanov, who was abducted in...
Civil Rights Defenders urges Swedish authorities to denounce the proposed Russian bill on “propaganda of homosexuality among minors” and call on Russian authorities to honor their international and do...
On 19 December the Russian Duma will begin the first reading of a bill which, if passed, effectively will ban “propaganda of homosexuality” in the country. The bill is allegedly aimed at protecting ch...
The Night Watch – this is what a group of about 20 Russia Young activists called the late-night act of vandalism on the premises of two internationally funded Russian human rights organisations as wel...
On 14 November, highly controversial amendments to the treason law, that expands the definition of treason, took effect in Russia. This happened only two days after Vladimir Putin expressed willingnes...
On 3 November, the fifth annual conference for LGBT rights opened in Moscow. The conference, organised by Civil Rights Defenders together with the Russian LGBT Network, gathers around 100 LGBT activis...
It only took a couple of minutes for the Russian Parliament to approve the controversial high treason bill, in its third and final reading, on 23 October 2012. The bill presents a fundamental threat t...
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