List of Individuals Recognised as Political Prisoners by the Memorial Human Rights Centre and Persecuted in connection with the Realisation of Their Right to Freedom of Religion as of 9 November 2021
List of Individuals Recognised as Political Prisoners by the Memorial Human Rights Centre (with the Exception of Those Persecuted in connection with the Realisation of their Right to Freedom of Religion) as of 9 November 2021
Pressure on Turkmen Nationals in Turkey Must Be Stopped. Their Rights and Freedoms Must Be Secured
03.11.2021
Программа:Central Asia
Statement by non-governmental organizations
Ilya Pershin, participant in a St. Petersburg rally in support of Aleksei Navalny, is a political prisoner
29.10.2021
Программа:Support for political prisoners
Ilya Pershin was sentenced to three years in a low security penal colony on charges of using violence against a police officer at a protest rally on 31 January 2021. We consider the charges unproven and demand his conviction be quashed
Kemerovo blogger and activist Mikhail Alfyorov is a political prisoner
13.10.2021
Программа:Support for political prisoners
Alfyorov has been prosecuted more than twenty times for various alleged administrative offences because of his criticism of the authorities. Now he faces four criminal charges for ‘extremism’ and insulting public officials
Brothers Ismail Isayev and Salekh Magamadov are political prisoners
29.09.2021
Программа:Hot Points, Support for political prisoners
Two young Chechens who criticized the authorities on the Internet were abducted and forced to publicly repent. After leaving Chechnya, they were detained in Nizhny Novgorod on charges of aiding and abetting militants
Pavel Grin-Romanov, a participant in the January 2021 Moscow rally in support of Aleksei Navalny, is a political prisoner
24.09.2021
Программа:Support for political prisoners
Pavel Grin-Romanov has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for using pepper spray to protect his wife at a protest rally as it was being broken up by the authorities
Yuri Zhdanov, father of the director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation* Ivan Zhdanov, is a political prisoner
08.09.2021
Программа:Support for political prisoners
Senior citizen Yuri Zhdanov has been held on remand for almost six months. The former civil servant is accused of assisting a person on the housing waiting list to illegally obtain an apartment
128 more Jehovah's Witnesses are political prisoners or victims of politically motivated prosecutions
23.08.2021
Программа:Support for political prisoners
The total number of Jehovah’s Witnesses prosecuted for belonging to the faith’s communities exceeds 500. This is the largest group on our list of political prisoners
