Rais Mavlyutov has been charged with organising and participating in a terrorist organisation, as well as financing such an organisation and public justification of terrorism. There is no evidence of the justification or incitement of violence and investigators have most likely put pressure on the witnesses

Over the year, the number of political prisoners in Russia has increased from 305 to 362

Shamil Fataliev and ten other Muslims from St. Petersburg have been convicted on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation. Fataliev received the longest term of seven years in a penal colony

The programme for the support of political prisoners analyses the situation and outlines ways to improve it

Sentence Highlights Politically Motivated Persecution

Sergei Lavrov was sentenced to five years in a penal colony and compulsory psychiatric treatment under a ‘terrorist’ article of the Russian Criminal Code, although his entire prosecution was based on a broad interpretation of ‘justification of terrorism.’

Mikhail Iosilevich is being prosecuted solely because opposition events were held on a property owned by him. The journalist Irina Slavina, who was driven to suicide, was a witness in the case