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Repressions Report. November 2023
The ban on the «international LGBT movement», the sentencing of Sasha Skochilenko, and the case of the singer Sharlot - OVD-Info reports on the main news for November in our chronicle of political pressure.
Persecution of the anti-war movement report. November 2023
Twenty-one months ago, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine. Immediately after the anti-war protests of the first days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repressions began within Russia. OVD-Info continues to collect and analyse data on persecution of individuals with anti-war stance in Russia and on the territory...
Methodology of the dataset of politically motivated criminal prosecutions
What is this dataset about?The dataset is dedicated to criminal cases initiated by Russian investigative authorities (Ministry of Internal Affairs, Investigative Committee, FSB) and considered by Russian courts - cases that we consider politically motivated.The dataset is part of a large database into which we enter and store all the...
What is advocacy? An interview with our lawyer
The OVD-Info advocacy division has been operating for several years. We would like to explain what advocacy is and what progress we made in this area. What is advocacy? Advocacy as we see it at OVD-Info refers to efforts to promote human rights in Russia. In the face of war...
Repressions Report. October 2023
Navalny’s lawyers are arrested. New «undesirable organizations» and pressure on political prisoners - here’s the key political repression news for October from OVD-Info.
“Hell within Hell” and Cold Torture. People Persecuted for Political Cases Keep Being Placed in a Punishment Cell (SHIZO)
Over the last months, more and more people persecuted for political cases have been reported to be regularly placed in a punishment cell (a so-called «SHIZO» in Russian). It happened not to Alexei Navalny, who has already spent 226 days in a punishment cell, but also to deputy Alexei Gorinov,...
Persecution of the anti-war movement report: October 2023
Twenty months ago, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine. Immediately after the anti-war protests of the first days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repressions began within Russia. OVD-Info continues to collect and analyze data on persecution for anti-war stance in Russia and on the territory of the...