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Political persecution of children in Russia

ishr_online — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:12:46 +0000

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

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Human rights activist Nina Litvinova, 80, has taken her own life over the war and the plight of political prisoners

ishr_online — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:40:02 +0000

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

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Annual Conference 2026 – Kevin Lick

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:19 +0000

Kevin Lick Kevin Lick, the youngest prisoner in Russia to be convicted of “high treason”, speaks about the dangers of political indifference and state repression, which he experienced firsthand. Despite psychological torture and imprisonment, he now uses his freedom to draw attention to the fate of the more than 1,500 political prisoners who

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2,100 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia have been returned to Ukraine

ishr_online — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:15:22 +0000

As part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, more than 2,100 children who had been forcibly displaced by Russia have been returned to Ukraine. Since the start of 2026, 150 children have been returned to Ukraine. Meanwhile, a special commission under the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice continues to analyse data on cases of abduction

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Review of the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:00:03 +0000

54th Annual Conference of the ISHR Europe as a guarantor of human rights and peace On 11 and 12 April 2026, the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR took place in Bonn. Under the guiding theme “Europe as a guarantor of human rights and peace”, members, partners and international guests came

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Russia: 16 years in prison for former history teacher

ishr_online — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:38:31 +0000

On 1 April, the Russian Supreme Court upheld the 16-year prison sentence handed down to 68-year-old dissident Alexander Skobov on charges of “justifying terrorism”. Russia's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence following an appeal Skobow joined the proceedings via video link for the pronouncement of the verdict Frankfurt am Main, 2 April 2026 –

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Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev has been placed on a wanted list

ishr_online — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:41:31 +0000

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has issued a warrant for the arrest of Lev Ponomarev, an 84-year-old human rights activist and former director of the ‘For Human Rights’ movement. Diese Informationen hat „Mediazona“ in der Datenbank des Ministeriums gefunden. Screenshot: Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs It is not known exactly what Ponomarev is

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Russian society is atomised

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:01:43 +0000

Russian society is atomised Russia is home to members of various indigenous peoples. For example, the Itelmen in Kamchatka. Itelmen human rights activist Dmitry Berezhkov, who lives in exile in Norway, explains how they are oppressed in Vladimir Putin's empire. BY MICHAEL LEH Dmitry Berezhkov comes from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of the Russian

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The database of the project “If There Were No War” contains 1,461 women persecuted by the Russian authorities

ishr_online — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:40:44 +0000

1,461 women persecuted by Putin's regime in Russia A picture of Russian reality on International Women's Day Of these, 634 are currently deprived of their liberty. Today, attempts to regain freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the right to participate in the political life of the country sometimes come at a very high price.

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Four years of war: the price of impunity and the scale of human rights violations

ishr_online — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:21:31 +0000

24 February 2026 — the next anniversary of the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The illustration was created with the help of AI. Over the course of four years, the war has not only changed the architecture of European security, but has also become one of the most documented humanitarian disasters

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