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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,

Ukraine files another lawsuit against Russia with ECtHR

2022-06-27T10:10:13+02:0024. June 2022|

The complaint states that Russia has violated the right to life (Article 2), Article 3 prohibition of torture, right to liberty and security (Article 5), right to respect for private and family life (Article 8), right to freedom of opinion and expression (Articles 9 and 10), right to freedom of assembly and association (Article 11) and right to protection of property (Article 1 of Protocol 1). Ukraine files another lawsuit

Mikhail Shishkin. It hurts to be Russian these days

2022-06-17T15:57:04+02:0017. June 2022|

"It hurts to be Russian these days," says writer Mikhail Shishkin. He was recently awarded the Strega Europeo literary prize in Italy. And before that, at the SlovoNovo forum for free culture in Israel, he shared his experiences as a writer during fascism. Premio Strega The Strega Europeo Literary Prize was established in 2014 on the occasion of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union "to support

Alexey Navalny charged with extremism

2022-06-02T13:01:24+02:002. June 2022|

Alexey Navalny charged with extremism Politician Alexey Navalny has been charged in a new criminal case, namely "creation of an extremist community". According to Aleksey himself, an investigator visited him on May 31 and formally charged him. The politician has not yet disclosed details of the case. Below you will find his official comment which he has posted on his Twitter page: Well I don't know. Maybe Putin doesn't hate me,

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