Please make arrangements for Alex Lipzer to be released to attend the ceremony to say goodbye to his mum. Elena Lipzer. Photo: social media Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Nikolayevna Moskalova Chairman of the Vladimir Regional Court Sergey Konstantinovich Shishkin On 5 September, Elena Liptser, a well-known Moscow lawyer and friend of Novaya Gazeta, passed away after a long illness. Lena was only 58 years old,
"Sakharov Institute" and the movement named after him are recognised as "undesirable" Information about this appeared on the website of the Russian Ministry of Justice; the decision on the listing was dated 22 July. It is noteworthy that the Sakharov Institute, at least, has a legal entity in Europe, while the movement "Peace. Progress. Human Rights" is a completely informal structure, a community of people with no legal entities, no
Russia bears full responsibility for the torment and death in its captivity of Oleksandr Markov whose health would have already been gravely undermined by being held incommunicado, and certainly denied proper medical care for almost a year. Oleksandr Markov in ’court’ Photo posted by Dmytro Orlov 74-year-old Oleksandr Markov has died in Russian captivity, while being illegally taken to a prison colony in the Krasnodar region of the
St Petersburg activist Dasha Kozyreva began to be persecuted almost from the very beginning of the war, in the spring of 2022, when she was just 17 years old. Fragments of a letter from 19-year-old Dasha Kozyreva, convicted for poetry by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko Then the girl wrote on a city installation dedicated to the ‘twinning’ of St. Petersburg and occupied Mariupol the phrase "Murderers, you bombed
"You can't shut everyone up. If that puts me in prison, then so be it. It's much easier for my voice to be heard all the stronger," said Alexander Skobow on 21 March 2025 Alexander Skobov in court in a security cell - called an aquarium. Photo: Dmitry Zyganov When he was sentenced by the First Western Military Court in Moscow to 16 years in prison for justifying
German MP Michael Gahler addressed the European Parliament MP Michael Gahler in the European Parliament: The fate of Ukrainians under Russian control is appalling. In the photo on the right, Konstantin Zinovkin He outlined the problem of Ukrainians being held captive by the Russian Federation. Here is an excerpt from his speech: If we look at the physical condition of most of the released Ukrainians during the prisoner
On 4 June, we remember the children who were killed by the Russian war of aggression The photo was taken with artificial intelligence. We do not know how many there really are - mass graves near Mariupol and in occupied cities remain undiscovered. Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, at least 631 children have been killed and over 1,975 injured - many of
Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomarev will hold the second part of the seminar ‘The Role of Human Rights in the Modern World’ 6 June, Friday, 18:30 - 20:00 📍Espace Libertés | Reforum Space Paris The role of human rights in the modern world. Part 2 Seminar by Lev Ponomarev ‘... We begin our seminar in the days when the world is frozen in uncertainty - whether the fratricidal war
Preschool children dressed in Soviet military uniforms with flags for Victory Day. Photo from the propaganda telegram of the LuhanMedia channel Russia's militarisation of Ukrainian children is a crime against their identity The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) strongly condemns the forced militarisation and ideological indoctrination of Ukrainian preschool children in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. Current research shows that even small children in the occupied parts
On 24 February 2024, 19-year-old student and anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva was arrested in Saint Petersburg. Daria holds her mother's hand while the judge reads the judgement. Photo: Sota Vision On 24 February 2024, 19-year-old student and anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva was arrested in Saint Petersburg. The charge: she had placed a printout of the poem "Testament" by Taras Shevchenko on his memorial. The quoted lines read: "Bury