Independent Russian Human Rights Reports and Analysis - page 8

     Persecution of the anti-war movement report. December 2023

Persecution of the anti-war movement report. December 2023

Twenty-two months ago, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine. Immediately following the anti-war protests in the initial days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repression unfolded in Russia. OVD-Info continues to gather and analyze data on the persecution of anti-war expression in Russia and the annexed Republic of...
     “Save yourselves for better times and be ready for them to come”: An interview with political prisoner Dmitry Ivanov

“Save yourselves for better times and be ready for them to come”: An interview with political prisoner Dmitry Ivanov

Dmitry Ivanov, creator of the Telegram channel «Moscow State University is protesting,» is one of the people who were to imprisonment under the new law on spreading «knowingly false information» about the Russian army. Along with lawyers from OVD-Info, he and three others who had been prosecuted for making anti-war...
     Repressions Report. November 2023

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

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

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

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

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)

“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,...