23 June 2021 | BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia (Author), HRIDC – Human Rights Centre (Author), Memorial (Author), Moscow Helsinki Group (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), PromoLEX (Author), Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights (Russia); et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Chechnya: Joint appeal by several NGOs to Russian authorities to investigate abduction of Chechen woman from a shelter for victims of domestic violence in Dagestan where she had sought refuge
Young woman at risk of torture after abduction and return to Chechnya (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 June 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), HHC – Hungarian Helsinki Committee (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), HRHF – Human Rights House Foundation (Author), Assembly of pro-democratic NGOs of Belarus et al. (Author)
Belarus
Joint NGO letter to the UN Human Rights Council calling for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council [IOR 40/4385/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
16 April 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), Civic Assistance Committee; et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Joint NGO statement on deportation of an asylum seeker, who is key witness in torture investigation against Chechen authorities; he was taken into custody by Chechen police upon his arrival in the Russian Federation
Russia: France's deportation of Chechen asylum seekers Magamed Gadaev to Russia despite risk of torture [EUR 46/3999/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
26 March 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), Committee against Torture et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Letter to the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe on threats issued by Chechen authorities to the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and their investigating journalist Elena Milashina
Russian and international human rights defenders appealed to the Council of Europe and the OSCE with regards to the threats received by Novaya Gazeta (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 March 2021 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), Memorial (Author), SCM - Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (Author)
Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian national filed lawsuit in Moscow against Russian private military group Wagner on behalf of a family member who was tortured and killed in Syrian civil war
Breaking legal action: Complaint filed in Moscow against Wagner paramilitary fighters, on behalf of Syrian victim (Appeal or News Release, English)
5 March 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), HHC – Hungarian Helsinki Committee (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), ILGA – International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (Author), Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Aidsfonds; et al. (Author)
Uzbekistan
Joint NGO statement calling on Uzbek government to decriminalise same-sex conduct between men
Uzbekistan: Unique opportunity to decriminalise same-sex conduct [EUR 62/3786/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
10 February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (Author), BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia (Author), HRIDC – Human Rights Centre (Author), Memorial (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), HRHF – Human Rights House Foundation (Author), PromoLEX (Author), Agora International Human Rights Group; et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Joint NGO statement to member states of the UN Human Rights Council on actions by Russian authorities against civil society and government critics
To Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council; Re: UN Human Rights Council should strongly denounce widespread and on-going actions by Russia to attack independent civil society, severely limit civic space, and silence dissenting voices [EUR 46/3674/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
9 February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), CAPC - Centre for Conflict Analysis and Prevention; et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Joint NGO statement on 2 Chechen men arbitrarily detained in Nizhny Novgorod and transferred to Chechnya
Joint statement: Russian Federation: Ensure safety of two Chechen men arbitrarily detained and forcibly transferred to Chechnya [EUR 46/3665/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
5 February 2021 | Memorial
Russian Federation
Nizhny Novgorod: According to Russian LGBT Network, 2 of its beneficiaries have been arrested; they have allegedly been handed over to Chechen police
Two beneficiaries of the Russian LGBT Network were detained yesterday in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Sources claim they are being moved to Chechnya (Appeal or News Release, English)
30 October 2020 | Memorial
Russian Federation
List of political prisoners with the exception of those detained for exercising their right to freedom of religion, as of 30 October 2020
List of Individuals Recognised as Political Prisoners by the Memorial Human Rights Centre (with the Exception of Those Persecuted in connection with the Realisation of their Right to Freedom of Religion) (Periodical Report, English)
