Publication date: 04.08.2023 Activists started to be sentenced in the second month of the full-scale invasion, mainly participants of mass anti-war protests in the first days of the full-scale invasion. As of 12 July, we know of 215 sentences, 82 of which carry real prison terms. 3 cases were dismissed....
Russia’s full scale war against Ukraine has been continuing for more than 500 days. Seventeen months ago, just after the anti-war protests having taken place in the first days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repression began inside Russia. OVD-Info continues collecting and analyzing data on prosecutions for anti-war...
Publication date: 02.08.2023 On 4 July 2023, the European Court of Human Rights issued an order directly condemning Russia’s police use of a facial recognition system against dissidents. At the same time, the authorities are increasing the use of technology for repressive purposes. Today we talk about the excuses given...
Pressure on activists’ family members, torture in a detention center, and #FreeNavalny June 4th protests — OVD-Info covers the main news for the month of June in our report on political repressions
Here is artist Andrey Semkin’s story about the undue police pressure on his mother. He left the country not long before the opening of his anti-war exhibition.
Publication date: 04.07.2023 In Russia, pressure outside the legal framework is the key tool of wartime repression. A public apology recorded on camera is one of the most frequently used practises of such pressure; it originated in Chechnya several years ago and has been gradually propagating across the country. In...
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