16 February 2025 is the first anniversary of the death of Russia's main opposition figure, Alexei Navalny. Yulia Navalnaya urges not to give up and fight all those who cared about Alexei and his cause. Exactly one year ago, on 16 February, Vladimir Putin assassinated Alexei Navalny. Putin killed his main opponent. But Alexei's work continues. And his dream will become a reality: Russia will be free. I'm sure the
The lawyer Aleksei Lipzer was arrested by the Russian authorities on 13 October 2023. Due to his work as a lawyer for opposition politician Alexei Navalny, he is accused of "participation in an extremist organisation". On 17 January 2025, he was sentenced to five years in prison. Photo Aleksei: Alexandra Astakhova/Mediazone. Alexei Navalny's lawyer sentenced to five years in prison for "extremism" Alexei Lipzer Date of birth: 12
Alexei Navalny's former lawyers were sentenced to terms of 3.5 to 5.5 years in a penal colony on charges of participation in an "extremist organisation" Judge Yulia Shilova sentenced Vadim Kobzev to 5.5 years in prison, Aleksei Liptser to 5 years, and Igor Sergunin, who pleaded guilty, to 3.5 years. All were banned from working as lawyers for another three years after their release. Two other Navalny's lawyers, Olga Mikhailova
A report on the human rights situation in Ukraine and the Russian-occupied regions of the country was published on Tuesday by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ukrainian serviceman Yevhen Lyashenko arrives to meet his wife after returning from Russian captivity in Ukraine, 30 December 2024. Almost three years into Russia’s full-scale armed attack on Ukraine, the human rights situation remains bleak with a
Members of the Hessian state parliament who support the petition and the message behind it. In doing so, they are sending a cross-party signal in favour of human rights and justice. IGFM welcomes joint efforts for abducted Ukrainian civilian prisoners in the Hessian state parliament Frankfurt am Main/ Wiesbaden, 20 December 2024 - Members of parliament from the various democratic groups in the Hessian state parliament have sent
The St. Petersburg-based public human rights organisation Civic Control has issued a report on the persecution of Russians under articles of the Criminal Code that have become a tool of repression for their anti-war stance. Moscow City Duma deputy Alexei Gorinov in court on charges of ‘spreading deliberately false information about the Russian army’. Moscow, 8 July 2022. REUTERS - Stringer A week after the start of the
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the ‘Human Rights Situation in the Temporarily Occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol’ The document was supported by 81 countries, 14 voted against and 80 abstained. The document condemns the systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms recorded on the occupied territory of Ukraine by the Russian authorities. In particular, it refers to the harassment of Crimean
A teenager has been sentenced in Russia to five years in a penal colony for allegedly taking part in the Russian Freedom Legion. Arseny Turbin, a 16-year-old schoolboy, who was sentenced in Russia to five years in an educational colony under the article on participation in a terrorist organisation (part 2, article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) for allegedly taking part in the Russian Freedom Legion, has lost 17 kilograms
Invitation to the press conference: Commitment to Ukrainian civilian prisoners Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, there have been blatant human rights violations, including the abduction of numerous civilians. The IGFM presents the situation of Ukrainian civilian prisoners in a press conference with activists, politicians, survivors and relatives. Date: 30 September 2024, 11:00 am Location: Massif Central, Bethmannstraße 7-9, 60311 Frankfurt am Main At a
They are courageous: young people who protest in Russia against the war in Ukraine face severe penalties. They serve as a deterrent for imitators. ‘Do you need a president like that?’ These words were written on leaflets by 15-year-old Arseniy Turbin from Livny and distributed through neighbours' letterboxes. On 20 June, he was sentenced to five years in prison by a military court in Moscow. The reason given was that
