Repression of Dissent in Russia
Abuses of human and civil rights are widespread in Russia with dissent rarely going unpunished. Russia's slide into un-democratic practices which was accelerated under the presidency of Vladimir Putin consists of growing restrictions on free press, including intimidation and murders of opposition journalists, arrests and torture of protesters and dissidents, limitations on activities of non-governmental organizations, and violations of freedom of assembly, children's rights and freedom of religion. More
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Russia in the European Court for Human Rights: "Gays Provoke Extremism"
27 Sep 10:0226/09/2011 Russia in the European Court for Human Rights: "Gays Provoke Extremism" The Deputy Minister of Justice, the Russian ombudsman to the Eur
The Case of Maxim Petlin - Human Rights in Russia
27 Sep 10:02Human Rights in Russia
Russia: Chechen Human Rights Lawyer Threatened | Human Rights Watch
26 Sep 04:02(Moscow, August 3, 2011) – Threats by the police against a lawyer in Chechnya highlight the need for Russian authorities to end the harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders in the republic, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human rights in Russia cannot be divided in primary, secondary
23 Sep 11:01RussiaHerald.com Friday 23rd September 2011 Volume 2011/266 Follow us on More Russia NewsRussia may legalise cannabis for industrial useThe machine t
Calls for Russia to probe human rights lawyer death
16 Sep 09:01
Russia to press for release of activist held in Moldova | Russia | RIA Novosti
16 Sep 06:01Флаг Молдавии
UK Prime Minister Meets Russian Human Rights Defenders - HRO.org in English
14 Sep 07:01HRO.org in English
AIUK : Russia: human rights briefing
12 Sep 07:02Russia: human rights briefing Posted: 12 September 2011 Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said:“Russia is still a dangerous place to de
David Cameron's trip to the Kremlin must address the Sergei Magnitsky case | Denis MacShane | Comment is free | The Observer
12 Sep 02:01Denis MacShane: The Russian lawyer, employed by a British citizen, died in jail. The prime minister must join Washington in annnouncing a travel ban on those involved
David Cameron urged to challenge Russia on human rights | Metro.co.uk
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'The British government must confront Russia over human rights abuses'
11 Sep 07:02RussiaHerald.com Sunday 11th September 2011 Volume 2011/254 Follow us on More Russia NewsSporting-hero victims of Russian plane crash rememberedThous
British PM urged to confront Russia over human rights - Region - World - Ahram Online
11 Sep 06:02Four former foreign ministers have called on British Prime Minister David Cameron to use his landmark trip to Moscow challenge Russia over human righ
Ludmila Alekseeva on Human Rights and Business - Human Rights in Russia
02 Sep 07:01Human Rights in Russia
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25 Aug 08:01Anatolia Daily - International Relations Studies Platform for Turkey (IRST)
What price freedom? — RT
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News Desk: Russia’s Cruellest Month : The New Yorker
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Russia Arrests Government Gadfly Over Fliers - NYTimes.com
14 Aug 21:01The police charged Boris Y. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, with illegal agitation for handing out campaign fliers that did not support any candidate.
PressTV - Moscow protests dispersed, 30 detained
14 Aug 17:01Russian police disperse Moscow demonstrators on the "Day of Wrath," detaining 30 protesters.
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10 Aug 09:01Otunbayeva: Freedom of speech – property of the republic
Russia 'intentionally withheld' information on Raoul Wallenberg - Telegraph
05 Aug 12:01Russia has been accused of intentionally withholding information on the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust before his arrest by the Soviet Union in 1945.
Russia: Police violence toward journalists and bloggers · Global Voices
03 Aug 22:01Russia: Police violence toward journalists and bloggers
Russian police detain dozens of demonstrators | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 31.07.2011
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“Hacktivists” – criminals or fighters for freedom of speech?: Voice of Russia - Whistleblower
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In Memoriam - Russian human rights activist remembered
04 Jul 07:32
Russia: Bloggers’ Quest For Freedom of Photography | The NonProfit Blogs
07 Jun 11:04Ilya Varlamov and Dmitry Ternovsky continue (see also feature article by Will Partlett) their quest for the freedom of photography. This time they visite...
Why Khodorkovsky Matters - NYTimes.com
05 Jun 03:04Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s fate is a powerful illustration of Russia’s biggest problem: the contempt the country’s rulers have for the rule of law.
A Curious Eye — "Concern About Freedom of Assembly in Russia"
03 Jun 03:02"Concern About Freedom of Assembly in Russia" http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/05/164627.htm The US Department of State responds to the arrest of pro-equality participants during the recent...
Fighting for Internet Freedom: Cyberspace and Civil Liberties in Russia | The Heritage Foundation
01 Jun 19:05Russian cyberspace used to be one of the last bastions of freedom in a country where corruption and politically motivated persecution have become a tool of terror for the ruling elite. Since Russian leaders took control of the national television...
Russia: Exposing the Private Side of Lawlessness · Global Voices
01 Jun 11:06Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world. Learn why »
US Concerned Over Freedom Of Assembly In Russia
30 May 11:06U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Mark C. Toner issued an statement expressing concern over Russia’s goverment violent actions against gays and lesbians activists in Moscow during a gay march. He...
Russia Today journalist detained in the U.S. for actions in support of freedom of speech | swellarticles
29 May 19:07← Adobe After Effects Templates Russia Today journalist detained in the U.S. for actions in support of freedom of speech Posted on May 29, 2011 by ...
Freedom to Assemble in Russia: Does the Future Hold Hope for Improvement?
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Russian journalist Leonid Parfenov, sensational speech on press freedom (English)
26 May 03:04
Russia: Attack Survivor Journalist Oleg Kashin on Internet Freedom · Global Voices
24 May 11:07Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world. Learn why »
Russia: Attack Survivor Journalist Oleg Kashin on Internet Freedom - France actualité
24 May 11:06Oleg Kashin, special correspondent for the newspaper Kommersant and well-known blogger, was brutally beaten near his home in November 2010 [ru]. A (...)
Was It Something I Wrote? - NYTimes.com
24 May 03:04The dangers and disappointments of life as a Russian journalist.
Medvedev’s Freedom From the Press | Russia
22 May 19:02He might have had no problems embracing iPad and Twitter, but the tech-savvy Medvedev seems to be a late adopter when it comes to good old fashioned press
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20 May 11:06Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world. Learn why »
Evgeny Lebedev warns of political backlash against abuse of press freedom | Media | guardian.co.uk
10 May 19:07Russian publisher of Independent titles says British newspapers risk being placed in an 'institutional straitjacket'. By John Plunkett
Two sentenced in Baburova murder in Russia - Committee to Protect Journalists
06 May 19:04New York, May 6, 2011--The conviction and sentencing of two defendants in the 2009 double murder of freelance journalist Anastasiya Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov is a landmark victory in the fight against impunity in press...
How free is Russia’s Internet? | Opinions | RIA Novosti
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Ne laissons pas le charme de la Russie nous faire oublier ses atrocités
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Lest We Forget – Lest We Forget!: Putin's Soviet nostalgia - Russia's road to corruption
16 Mar 11:07WW II death toll of all nations - Lest we forget
VJ Movement - Press Freedom Under Attack
15 Mar 20:50Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, one of the first things to be abolished by the new Russian leadership was media censorship. Under Vladimir Putin, press freedom has since suffered.
Freedom of the Press Denied in Russia | World News Heard now
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Russia: Freedom of Speech Online in 2010 : The Other Russia
15 Mar 20:48Writing for Yezhednevny Zhurnal, columnist Marianna Tishchenko discusses the various forms of pressure that the Russian authorities have used to stifle free speech on blogs and journals on the Russian Internet.
Russia: Blogger Pays for Badmouthing Putin Online · Global Voices
15 Mar 20:45Debates on the extend of freedom of expression online are almost as old as the Internet. But rapid development of RuNet in recent years has only stared testing the limits of what one can say online. The army of bloggers and their enthusiastic...
Snuffing Out Religious Freedom in Russia | The Diplomacist
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"Russia cannot go on like this” | openDemocracy
15 Mar 20:44On Friday, prominent Russians of varied political hue presented a daring open letter to President Medvedev. In the best Soviet dissident tradition, they expressed concern for the future. Russia is at a crossroads, they said; and the country needs to...
Russia: Bloggers Deconstruct Isolationist Propaganda · Global Voices
15 Mar 20:22As Russia is approaching another parliament (2011) and presidential ( 2012) election cycle, the voices of state propagandists get louder.
United Russia in Trouble | Opinion | The Moscow Times
15 Mar 11:05While President Dmitry Medvedev drivels on about "freedom being better than no freedom" and the world tries to understand why long-standing Arab dictatorships collapsed overnight, Russia's corrupt autocracy continues...
Centralization of Power in Modern Russia | AxXiom for Liberty
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Chechnya's peace is built on murder | Tom Parfitt | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
05 Mar 18:06Tom Parfitt: The brutal killing of Natasha Estemirova reminds us that stability in Chechnya cannot come at the price of human freedom
Russia information on economic freedom | Facts, data, analysis, charts and more
04 Mar 10:05Economic Freedom Data and Charts on Russia
Gorbachev's words opened the floodgates of freedom — RT
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