Russian Federation – The Russian Research Center for Human Rights
Located in Moscow, the Russian Research Center for Human Rights (RRCHR) hosts ten independent human rights organizations. The Center was established in 1992 by a number of internationally recognised human rights activists who had struggled for freedom in the Soviet Union since the 1960s.
Human rights trends
Russian authorities aim to control independent media ahead of election?
Two weeks before Presidential election in Russia, board of directors of the independent radio station Ekho Moskvy was changed. This week the Moscow Prosecutor's Office announced that the online television station Dozhd TV was under investigation to determine who financed the channel's broadcasts of anti-Kremlin demonstrations. French journalist and author Anne Nivat expelled from the country for interviewing opposition. 18 Feb 2012 »
Russian government blocks public health organization’s website
Russian authorities ordered to block the website of a public health organization, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, for discussing the addiction medicine methadone. “Now, even our speaking about it seems to be banned”, says president of the foundation. Human rights organizations, including Article 19, interpret the move as an assault on freedom of expression. 12 Feb 2012 »
Russia: Strongly condemns arrests of protesters
Human Rights House Foundation condemns the arrests of several hundred people demonstrated after the Duma election in Russia on the 4th of December and call upon Russian authorities to respect freedom of assembly. 24 Dec 2011 »
Russia must investigate murder of publisher in Dagestan
Just before midnight on 15 December – coincidentally national day for remembering killed Russian journalists – the founder of the independent weekly newspaper Chernovik, Khadimurad Kamalov, was shot dead in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. 18 Dec 2011 »
The defamation reform in Russia fails to protect freedom of expression
According to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) as many as 8-10,000 defamation cases a year had been filed against journalists and media outlets for defamation in Russia. Recent amendments to Russia’s defamation legislation – including partial decriminalisation of libel and insult – will not improve the situation for the media in the country, says Article 19. 05 Dec 2011 »
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- Human Rights Network Group
- Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia
- Moscow Center for Prison Reform
- Moscow Helsinki Group
- Mother's Right Foundation
- Non-violence International
- Right of the Child
- Right to Live and Have Civil Dignity
- Social Partnership Foundation
- Union of the Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia
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