Tag: Russia
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Russia: Attacks on Abortion Undermine Women’s Rights
Russian authorities are restricting access to safe abortion care and limiting the ability of women…
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Russia: Two years after Navalny’s death, authorities evade justice, continue to hound his supporters
Commemorating the second anniversary of the death in custody of Russian opposition politician and prisoner…
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Russia: “Slowing down” of Telegram messaging app another blow for freedom of expression
Reacting to the decision by Russian authorities to further restrict the Telegram messenger service by…
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Russia: Crackdown on Dissent Escalates
(Brussels, February 4, 2026) – In the fourth year of its full-scale war against Ukraine, the…
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Russia: Authorities seeking to use “extremism” laws as pretext to ban leading LGBTI organizations
Reacting to the Russian Ministry of Justice’s move to seek to ban as “extremist” the…
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New Working Paper Examines How the Targeting and Repression of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Minorities in Russia Impacts Human Rights
Authored by Emma Bapt and Rose Sandford, our recent working paper examines how the targeting…
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UKRAINE: ON EVE OF FESTIVE WINTER PERIOD RUSSIA RELENTLESSLY CONTINUES AERIAL STRIKES, AT TRAGIC HUMAN COST
The scale and intensity of aerial strikes conducted by Russian forces across Ukraine – the…
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Russia: Prominent human rights defenders targeted under “undesirable organizations” legislation
Reacting to the detention of three prominent human rights defenders in Yekaterinburg on charges of…
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Russia: Authorities step up criminal reprisals against anti-war Yabloko party
Reacting to the Kremlin’s latest abuse of the criminal justice system to target Yabloko, the…
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Russia: Supreme Court’s ominous “terrorist” designation of Navalny’s Foundation threatens sweeping reprisals
Responding to the Russian Supreme Court’s closed-door decision to designate the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF/FBK), founded…
