Olga Bendas, a defendant in the ‘Palace Case,’ is a political prisoner
16.08.2021
Программа:Support for political prisoners
Olga Bendas has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony for assaulting a police officer by ‘striking the officer’s bulletproof jacket and helmet’
Sergei Adamovich Kovalev, human rights defender, 1930 — 2021
11.08.2021
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Sergei Kovalev
Aleksandr Federyakov, a defendant in the «Palace Case», is a political prisoner
09.08.2021
Программа:Support for political prisoners
Federyakov has been sentenced to a year and a half in a penal colony. Investigators assert he fired pepper spray at a riot police officer during the protests on 23 January 2021
Russian authorities violated the UN Convention on Refugees in extraditing Alyaksei Kudzin, a citizen of Belarus
27.07.2021
Программа:Migration, Support for political prisoners
The European Court of Human Rights banned Russia from extraditing Kudzin, a participant in last year's August protests, to his home country of Belarus where he is at risk of torture
Oleg Makurin, convicted for a post on the internet about attacks on the FSB, is the victim of a politically motivated prosecution
26.07.2021
Программа:Support for political prisoners
Oleg Makurin was fined 300,000 roubles for public justification of terrorism
Aleksei Pichugin: a political prisoner in isolation and under duress
