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Salman Tepsurkayev, a 19-year-old moderator of the oppositionist Telegram channel 1ADAT that reported on human rights violations in Chechnya, was abducted in early September 2020

Previously, Oleh Prykhodko was repeatedly prosecuted under administrative law for his pro-Ukrainian views

In October 2020, Muso Dzhalolov, who lived in St Petersburg, was sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony for involvement in a terrorist organisation

Online press conference, Friday 2nd April, 12pm Moscow time (GMT+3)

They urge to call on the Russian authorities to open a criminal investigation into the cases of torture and extrajudicial executions

Artyom Zagrebelny was sentenced to five years in prison for violence against law enforcement officers who attacked him in the lift of the apartment building where he lived without showing their ID

Prilutsky links his criminal prosecution with his opposition activities as a member of the Belaruskali strike committee

Press-release and Q&A

Anti-extremism police were involved in fabricating the criminal prosecution

The 10 Muslims were sentenced to terms ranging from two years to six and a half years in a general regime penal colony on charges of extremism solely on account of their involvement in Tablighi Jamaat

Maria Alyokhina, Dmitry Baranovsky, Anastasia Vasilyeva, Nikolai Lyaskin, Oleg Navalny, Liubov Sobol, Oleg Stepanov, Liusya Shtein, Konstantin Yankauskas and Kira Yarmysh stand accused of urging people to participate in peaceful protests on 23 January.

Children’s martial arts instructor Isya Ragimov has been sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation

Back in 2020 they were illegally detained and tortured in Grozny

Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre

Pavel Zelensky is being prosecuted for inciting extremism. We believe that, despite the controversial nature of Zelensky’s emotional response, there is no evidence of an offence in his words and the prosecution should be dropped.

In 2016 five Muslims received sentences ranging from 5.5 to 17 years in prison on charges of participation in a terrorist organisation and preparation of a violent takeover of power, although there was no evidence of inciting any kind of violence in the case

A criminal investigation found that Karim Yamadayev of Naberezhnye Chelny, in a staged video, insulted public officials and incited terrorism

They ask to react to the adoption of repressive laws in Russia

Marsel Gimaliev, who is fighting to obtain official recognition for his disability after he suffered a fractured spine, faces life imprisonment

Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre