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On 4 June at 2pm, Navalny supporters will gather in the main squares of cities around the world

2023-06-04T10:41:30+02:004. June 2023|

The team of jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny has announced a worldwide action in support of him.   Navalny's supporters have proposed holding it on the politician's birthday on 4 June. "On June 4 at 2pm, come out to the main squares of your cities, wherever you are, whatever country you are in, come out to support Navalny," Navalny's supporters said in a statement. The whole world is behind Navalny.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years

2023-04-18T16:11:11+02:0018. April 2023|

Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine.   Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS Vladimir Kara-Murza is the first person to be accused of treason for publicly listing publicly available facts He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation". The Russian-British former

Vladimir Kara-Murza received the Václav Havel Award

2022-10-10T16:16:44+02:0010. October 2022|

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza receives the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize On October, 10, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe awarded Russian opposition activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. The Parliamentary Assembly noted: Congratulations to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has just been awarded the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize! The 60,000-euro prize honours outstanding civil society action in

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties, Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and Russian Memorial

2022-10-10T10:40:50+02:007. October 2022|

This year's Nobel Peace Prize 2022 laureates are human rights defenders: the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties, Belarusian human rights defender and founder of the human rights organisation Viasna, recognised as an extremist organisation in Belarus, and the Russian human rights centre Memorial, liquidated in Russia. The Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties was founded in 2007. The main objectives of the Centre are protection of human rights and the establishment

Sign the petition “Stop the War on Ukraine!”

2022-09-22T20:04:29+02:0022. September 2022|

Sign the petition "Stop the War on Ukraine!" Well-known Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomarev launched a petition "Stop the War on Ukraine!" on the change.org platform. We quote part of the text of the petition: "We, supporters of peace, acting in the name of saving the lives of citizens of Russia and Ukraine, in order to stop the war that has begun and prevent it from escalating into a

Wechange eG invites young people to participate in the “Digital Natives” exchange

2022-09-13T14:49:20+02:0013. September 2022|

Wechange aims to bring together people from Germany and Russia, with and without experience in international project work, with the exchange "Digital Natives" The programme combines three goals: firstly, raising awareness of discrimination against minorities, secondly, strengthening the use of digital media and resources, and thirdly, building a network between German and Russian people. In two workshops on 29/30 October and 5/6 November and in a closing event in Yerevan

On torture, mass beatings and cruelty in Kalmykia’s Colony No 2

2022-08-08T09:13:27+02:008. August 2022|

Since 5 August 2022, officers and special forces of the FSIN have brutally tortured and humiliated convicts, subjecting them to suffering as revenge. For crimes committed by two convicts, the FSIN generals imposed collective responsibility. From a message received by gulagu.net: "At the moment there is torture in penal colony No. 2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Kalmykia. On the night of 5-6 August all the officers were drunk,

OSCE to look into human rights abuses in Russia

2022-08-05T17:14:59+02:005. August 2022|

OSCE participating States will launch a "Moscow Mechanism" because of possible violations by Russia of its commitments to respect the rights of its citizens. Flags of the OSCE participating States (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev) 38 of the 57 member states of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have backed the creation of a special group of experts to examine human rights violations in Russia, the French Foreign

Russian prisons recruit prisoners for war in Ukraine

2022-07-29T16:50:25+02:0029. July 2022|

The website gulagu.net reported on repeated cases of agitation and recruitment of prisoners in Russian colonies to take part in combat operations in Ukraine. Prisoners are offered the following: To join the Wagner PMC under contract.  Six months of service and a full pardon, with the removal of the criminal record. Salary of 100 thousand rubles plus a bonus of 100 thousand rubles. At the death of 5 million rubles,

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