Tag: Russia
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2019
Russia: “Foreign Agents” Bill Threatens Journalists
Amendment Would Extend Restrictions to Individuals, Including Bloggers
A bill before the Russian parliament that would expand the status of “foreign agents” to private persons,...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Civil society warns Council of Europe that the time is not right to lift...
At its June part-Session, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (further PACE) will vote on lifting the sanctions imposed on Russia after...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2019
Meet your defender: Kirill Koroteev on choosing career path, EHCR and human side of...
Kirill Koroteev specialises in taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and has an impressive win/loss record in cases. Previously he...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJune 2018
FIFA: PLAY FAIR! Fight for the forgotten: Campaign in support of political prisoners
In cooperation with IPHR partner, MEMORIAL Human Rights Centre Russia, the Greens/EFA group of the European Parliament prepared a map of Russia to draw attention...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2018
Russia: Telegram block leads to widespread assault on freedom of expression online (updated)
This is the updated version of the statement, originally published on 30 April 2018.
We, the undersigned 53 international and Russian human rights, media...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2018
Russia: Telegram block leads to widespread assault on freedom of expression online
We, the undersigned 26 international human rights, media and Internet freedom organisations, strongly condemn the attempts by the Russian Federation to block the Internet...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2018
Russia: rights defender arbitrarily arrested in Chechnya
Free Oyub Titiev, Drop All Charges
Police in Chechnya have arbitrarily arrested Oyub Titiev, head of the local office of Memorial, Russia’s leading human rights...