From left to right: Arseniy Turbin, Aleksander Skobov, Nadezhda Rossinskaya and Alexei Liptser. Photos: private. Background: AI-generated. 30. Oktober: Gedenktag für die Opfer politischer Unterdrückung in Russland  Russia: Putin, a “Humanitarian”? – The ISHR draws attention to thousands of politically persecuted people The ISHR calls for human rights and the release of those arbitrarily detained to be made an integral part of diplomatic talks Frankfurt am Main,

How did the August coup come about? Why did the army not open fire on the protesters? What did Russia’s future look like in August 1991? And why did the nomenklatura and the KGB take their revenge on the democrats? In the latest episode of ‘How Are Things Now?’, we spoke to Lev Ponomarev, a human rights activist, former MP and one of the leaders of the democratic movement in

Please help Arsenij Turbin! Do you still remember your 18th birthday? For many young people, this birthday is a moment of new beginnings—the end of youth and the start of adulthood. For Arseniy Turbin, however, this day means something completely different: today he turns 18, and he is spending his birthday behind bars for the third year in a row. Arseniy was just 15 years old when he was arrested

Ljubow ist eine junge Aktivistin aus Tschita. Sie wurde im April 2024 wegen eines Antikriegs-Graffiti zu mehr als drei Jahren Haft in einer Strafkolonie verurteilt. Schülerin wegen Antikriegs-Graffiti zu mehr als drei Jahren Freiheitsstrafe verurteilt Ljubow Witaljewna Lisunowa Geburtsdatum: 13. Juli 2006 Festnahme: 31. Oktober 2022 in Tschita, Russland Inhaftiert in: Strafkolonie IK-7, Ulan-Ude, Republik Burjatien, Russland Vorwurf: u.a. „Vandalismus, Anstiftung zum Extremismus, Beiträge in Telegram-Kanälen über Antikriegsproteste“

An analytical review of the political persecution of minors in modern Russia.   When, in the summer of 2020, 14-year-old teenagers from Kansk were arrested for putting up leaflets on a local FSB building, we were appalled by the callousness and cynicism of the Russian security forces, who were prepared to imprison eighth-graders for their political views. Alas, six years on, such incidents have become commonplace for Russia’s ‘law enforcement’

Nina Litvinova, a Moscow dissident and human rights activist has taken her own life at the age of 80. Nina Litvinova. Photo: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazona In a suicide note shared on Facebook by her cousin, the journalist Maria Slonim, Litvinova said she could no longer bear her powerlessness in the face of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the mass imprisonment of antiwar people at home. She was