RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2021
Young woman at risk of torture and abuse after abduction and return to Chechnya
On 10 June 2021, police officers in Dagestan accompanied by Chechen law enforcement officials raided a women’s shelter in Makhachkala in search of Khalimat...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaMoldovaRussiaUkraineStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2021
Human Rights Impact Hub environmental and climate justice program – call for applications
The Human Rights Impact Hub is calling for applications from lawyers and environmental rights defenders from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova who...
RussiaOther countriesStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2021
Statement on France’s deportation of Chechen asylum seeker Magamed Gadaev to Russia despite risk...
Chechen police abducted Magomed Gadaev, an asylum seeker from Chechnya, in the Russian Federation, and a key witness in a high-profile torture investigation against...
RussiaUkraineStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2021
Call for the immediate release of Russian-Ukrainian journalist in Crimea
On 10 March 2021, Russian-Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Russian-occupied Crimea. The day before, Yesypenko had...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2021
Human Rights Impact Hub sanctions programme – Call for applications
The Human Rights Impact Hub is calling for applications from lawyers and human rights defenders from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the South Caucasus and Central...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2021
Making a mockery of justice: the Russian Federation must immediately and unconditionally release Aleksei...
IPHR is deeply concerned about the fate of Aleksei Navalny following his detention and urges the Russian authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally.
Aleksei...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2020
Statement on the Expulsion of Vanessa Kogan from Russia
On 2 December 2020, Russian immigration authorities revoked the residence permit of our colleague, human right lawyer and director of Justice Initiative Project, Vanessa...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersAugust 2020
Human rights impact assessment of the COVID-19 response in Russia
What are the impacts on human rights of the restrictive measures imposed by the Government of Russia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? How...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2020
Open letter: Activists call for an effective investigation of Madina Umayeva’s death
We are appealing to the Chairman of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation A.I. Bastyrkin, regarding the lack of an effective investigation into the...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2020
Urgent Call for Immediate Release of Prisoner of Conscience Yulia Tsvetkova
The right to free expression is enshrined in the Russian constitution, yet the authorities have curtailed this right with restrictive legislation, making it difficult for...