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Independent Russian Human Rights Reports and Analysis - page 19
“Horror and insanity”: apprehensions, seven days of arrest and three records for “bloody” dresses
Activists Lyudmila Annenkova and Natalia Perova took a photo in white dresses smeared with red blood-like paint in front of the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Wartime repressions: five months of war
The war has been going on for 150 days. In addition to the killing of civilians in Ukraine, the Russian state also continues its repressions within the country. We present you a summary of the main data on the pressure on people for an anti-war stance in Russia. Restriction of...
Wartime repressions: four months of war
Publication date: July 5, 2022 All data provided in the article is relevant as of June 23, 2022 The war in Ukraine has been going on for four months. All this time the Russian state has been violently destroying the neighboring country as well as taking repressive actions against its...
How Russians are detained for anti-war statements and what does it mean for the legal system?
We describe how new administrative law article on the «discrediting» is being used.
“Knowingly false.” It has been three months since the law on “fakes” about the Russian army came into force. How and against whom is it used?
OVD-Info analysed how Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code works in practice.
Internet blocks as a tool of political censorship
Date of publication: June, 7, 2022 Текст на русском: Over the past ten years, blocking has become one of the largest tools for restricting access to information and freedom of expression. Although the first legislative changes expanding the possibilities of blocking and simplifying this procedure appeared back in 2012, there...
Enemies of the state. How the institution of “denunciations” returns to Russia
OVD-Info publishes text about how people began to be detained on denunciations for their anti-war position.