Georgy Guyev, sentenced to six years in a penal colony on charges of financing terrorism, is a political prisoner

05.07.2021

The Investigative Committee believes the banned Islamic State received a charitable donation of 7,000 roubles

Andrei Pivovarov, former director of Open Russia, is a political prisoner

28.06.2021

Andrei Pivovarov is being prosecuted because the authorities do not wish to allow opposition candidates to run for the State Duma

Ismet Ibragimov, a Crimean resident accused of involvement in the banned Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, is a political prisoner

23.06.2021

Ismet Ibragimov is accused of organising a terrorist cell and preparing to seize power by violence, although there is no evidence of even incitement of violence

Vadim Bektemirov, a religious leader from Simferopol accused of involvement in the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, is a political prisoner

17.06.2021

Vadim Bektemirov has been charged with membership of a cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir and the recruitment of new members

On the designation of civil society associations linked to Aleksei Navalny as extremist

15.06.2021

Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre

Four residents of Crimea, charged with involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, are political prisoners

08.06.2021

The four residents of Crimea have been remanded in custody under articles of the Russian Criminal Code that deal with terrorism, although none of the four were charged with committing or preparing acts of terrorism

Rais Gimadiev, a resident of Tatarstan sentenced to 16 years in prison on terrorism charges, is a political prisoner

07.06.2021

He was charged with organising the activities of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami

The ‘Window on Europe’ is closing

04.06.2021

Statement by the Human Rights Center Memorial

Aleksandr Shestun, former head of Serpukhov district in Moscow Region, is a political prisoner

31.05.2021

Aleksandr Shestun has been sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of large-scale fraud, money laundering, illegal business activity and receiving bribes

Akhmed Pogorov, a protest leader in Ingushetia, is a political prisoner

21.05.2021

​Former Interior Minister of Ingushetia Akhmed Pogorov is accused of organising violence against law enforcement officers and of membership of an ‘extremist group.’

Pages