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Putin punishes his critics into the next generation

Team2025-12-05T16:15:53+01:00

Russia — helping those driven to complete poverty by state repression In modern Russia, not only critics of the authorities are persecuted, but also those who try to defend them. The story of lawyers Aleksei Liptser, Vadim Kobzev and Igor Sergunin is a vivid example of how far repression can go. All three represented Alexei Navalny until his still-unexplained death in custody. But on 13 October 2023, they themselves became

Putin punishes his critics into the next generationTeam2025-12-05T16:15:53+01:00

Russia: 14-year-old soon in prison for life for alleged sabotage

ishr_online2025-11-20T15:39:36+01:00

Putin’s New Law – Harsher penalties for juveniles The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) condemns the law passed by the Russian State Duma, which lowers the age of criminal responsibility for “sabotage and terrorist offences” to 14 years. In the future, minors will face prison sentences up to life imprisonment for symbolic resistance against the war and repression in the country. In Russia, Putin’s repressive apparatus is now systematically

Russia: 14-year-old soon in prison for life for alleged sabotageishr_online2025-11-20T15:39:36+01:00

Documentary about the Persecution of Christians in Occupied Territories

ishr_online2025-11-03T09:31:25+01:00

Documentary about the Persecution of Christians in Occupied Territories This year, a documentary film about the persecution of Christians under Russian occupation in Ukraine was released. Titled “A Faith Under Siege,” the film by Ukrainian filmmaker Yaroslav Lodygin exposes how Ukrainian believers, especially Catholics and Protestants, are targeted by the occupiers. He and his team conclude that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin aims to control religious communities. Consequently, believers who invoke

Documentary about the Persecution of Christians in Occupied Territoriesishr_online2025-11-03T09:31:25+01:00

Day of Political Prisoners in Russia

Team2025-11-03T08:59:47+01:00

On the occasion of Political Prisoners' Day in Russia, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) condemns the imprisonment and torture of Ukrainian and Russian civilians and calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners. Day of Political Prisoners in Russia Thousands tortured and dehumanised Electric shocks, rape and cruel torture are commonplace Frankfurt am Main / Moscow, 29 October 2025 – In Russia, critics of the

Day of Political Prisoners in RussiaTeam2025-11-03T08:59:47+01:00

The horror in my house – Russian occupied territories in Ukraine

ishr_online2025-11-15T10:41:23+01:00

The horror in my house - Russian occupied territories in Ukraine This documentary reveals the deepest human abysses, which are still unknown to many, but which we must not deny. Introduction "There is an old rule: Wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, it belongs to us." So said the president of the world's largest country, Vladimir Putin, who has been charged with war crimes, on camera on 20 June 2025.

The horror in my house – Russian occupied territories in Ukraineishr_online2025-11-15T10:41:23+01:00

Parliamentary elections to be held in Moldova on 28 September

ishr_online2025-09-26T12:13:43+02:00

Parliamentary elections will be held in Moldova on Sunday 28 September 2025. Results of the poll conducted on the most popular news portal of the Republic of Moldova Like most of the previous elections in Moldova, these elections are geopolitical. The confrontation between the two camps of pro-European and pro-Russian has been going on for a year now, tearing the small country of two million people into two

Parliamentary elections to be held in Moldova on 28 Septemberishr_online2025-09-26T12:13:43+02:00

Invitation to the press conference

ishr_online2025-09-24T08:31:06+02:00

We cordially invite you to the press conference and presentation of the new IGFM documentation: "The horror in my house: Systematic human rights violations in the occupied territories of Ukraine" Date: 24 September 2025, 11:00 a.m. Location: Zoom meeting Dear colleagues, dear interested parties and friends, Since the Russian full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, Ukrainians living in the occupied territories have been subjected to systematic oppression, persecution and torture

Invitation to the press conferenceishr_online2025-09-24T08:31:06+02:00

Give your son a chance to say goodbye to his mum!

ishr_online2025-09-09T15:20:19+02:00

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,

Give your son a chance to say goodbye to his mum!ishr_online2025-09-09T15:20:19+02:00

Movement “Peace. Progress. Human Rights” and Lev Ponomarev’s organisation Sakharov Institute are recognised as “undesirable” in Russia

ishr_online2025-07-25T08:55:57+02:00

"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

Movement “Peace. Progress. Human Rights” and Lev Ponomarev’s organisation Sakharov Institute are recognised as “undesirable” in Russiaishr_online2025-07-25T08:55:57+02:00

SOTAvision: Fragments of a letter from 19-year-old Dasha Kozyreva, convicted for poetry by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko

ishr_online2025-07-22T12:47:55+02:00

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

SOTAvision: Fragments of a letter from 19-year-old Dasha Kozyreva, convicted for poetry by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenkoishr_online2025-07-22T12:47:55+02:00