Joint statement on the expulsion of Vanessa Kogan from Russia: On 2 December 2020, Russian immigration authorities revoked the residence permit of our colleague, human right lawyer and director of Jus...
Recently, 12 leading human rights groups in Russia submitted a consolidated report on the situation for civil and political rights in the country to the UN Human Rights Committee. The report shows tha...
While 2020 has brought unique challenges to civil society, NGOs and initiative groups have demonstrated inspiring resilience. Despite the pandemic, the annual festivals QueerFest in St. Petersburg and...
A new Russian draft bill threatens to further restrict the rights of LGBTI+ people living in Russia. In a joint statement, Civil Rights Defenders, RFSL, Amnesty International Sweden, ForumCiv, RFSU, a...
On 7 September, a video was circulated on social media depicting the torture of Salman Tepsurkaev, a 19-year-old man from Chechnya. He is still missing. Civil Rights Defenders...
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a serious threat to people in forced detentions around the world. The Russian Duma recently announced that no prisoners will be amnestied on 9 May – the Victory Day anniver...
Homophobia and transphobia remain widespread in Belarus. Following a recent statement by the country’s Ministry of Health, the LGBTI+ community now worries that Belarus will follow the same path as Ru...
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...
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