Human rights activists are concerned about the growing number of political prisoners in Russia. The list of “Memorial” included defendants in high-profile cases – Yukos, Pussy Riot, “New Greatness” and “Network”.

Memorial’s list of political prisoners includes 1,000 people

Human rights activists are concerned about the growing number of political prisoners in Russia. The list of “Memorial” included defendants in high-profile cases – Yukos, Pussy Riot, “New Greatness” and “Network”.

The number of political prisoners on the list compiled by the human rights center “Memorial” has reached a thousand people, the organization said on Wednesday, February 9. The program to support political prisoners appeared in the center in 2009.

“This is a huge number of people whose lives were spoiled and ruined by politically motivated, illegal persecution by the state,” said Sergei Davidis, head of the program. “There should be no political prisoners in Russia: not a thousand, not a single person, and even more so, an ever-increasing number, as is happening today,” the human rights activist added.

За годы существования программы в перечень попадали фигуранты резонансных судебных процессов, в том числе дел против ЮКОСа, арт-группы Pussy Riot, “Нового величия” и “Сети”. Максимальные сроки, которые отбывают политзаключенные из списка, – пожизненные, минимальный – 4 месяца, отметили правозащитники.

 

Мосгорсуд распорядился ликвидировать ПЦ “Мемориал”

В конце 2021 года Московский городской суд вынес решение о ликвидации правозащитного центра “Мемориал”, а Верховный суд РФ – о запрете Международного историко-просветительского общества “Мемориал”. Это вызвало критику как в России, так и за рубежом.

 

Source: dw.com