Category Archives: Russian Federation

Amnesty International and Russia’s stifled voices

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Conor Fortune

By Lydia Aroyo, Europe and Central Asia Press Officer at Amnesty International, who recently returned from Moscow. The press centre of the Russian Interfax news agency was rapidly filling up with journalists and the pile of press packs that we … Continue reading →

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‘Pussy Riot is political art’

Posted on 16 March 2013 by Kristin Hulaas Sunde

It’s been a year since Pussy Riot member Ekaterina (Katia) Samutsevich was arrested. She spoke to Amnesty about her activism, life after prison and the fight to free her band mates. She also thanked activists worldwide for helping to spread … Continue reading →

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Facing intimidation in the fight for human rights in Russia

Posted on 29 March 2012 by gcrossing

By Friederike Behr, Russia researcher for Amnesty International Stanislav Dmitrievskii is a veteran human rights defender and political activist from Nizhnii Novgorod, a town East of Moscow. During recent months he has actively participated in numerous demonstrations for the right … Continue reading →

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Trial of Russian human rights defender Oleg Orlov continues

Posted on 3 March 2011 by gcrossing

By Friederike Behr, Russia researcher for Amnesty International On 3 March, I attended yet another hearing in the trial of Oleg Orlov. The head of the Russian NGO Human Rights Centre Memorial is charged with slander for saying that Chechen … Continue reading →

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