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September 30, 2022

Russia: Brit POW Shaun Pinner was electrocuted and forced to listen to ABBA for 24 hours during torture sessions

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Hostage Shaun Pinner was electrocuted, stabbed, subjected to a mock execution and forced to listen to ABBA during his time in captivity.The ex-British Army soldier had to endure Mamma Mia over and over during 24-hour music torture sessions.

Source — The Sun

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September 30, 2022

Russie : Alexeï Nalvany détenu dans des conditions toujours plus dures

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Les conditions dans lesquelles est détenu le militant politique russe Alexeï Navalny semblent empirer, selon des informations et des photos publiées récemment.

Source — Amnesty International

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September 30, 2022

Russia: arbitrary detentions and forcible conscriptions of peaceful protesters

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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre (HRDC Memorial) strongly condemn the crackdown following nationwide protests across Russia on 21 September to oppose “partial mobilisation” announced by Vladimir Putin. Mass arbitrary arrests of peaceful d…

Source — FIDH

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September 20, 2022

Russia: a prisoners’ rights activist says escaped assassination

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Vladimir Osechkin heads the Gulagu.net project, which has in recent years published videos showing graphic scenes of torture and rape inside Russian prisons. Russian authorities placed him on a wanted list late last year for unspecified crimes. In a video interview with independent journalist Yulia…

Source — The Moscow Times

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July 19, 2022

Russia: the country recruits prisoners en masse for Ukraine deployment

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Representatives from the Kremlin-linked Wagner private military contractor and Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) are reportedly offering convicts deployment or work on restoring and demining occupied Ukrainian territories. According to Gulagu.net, the recruitment campaigns took place recently…

Source — The Moscow Times

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June 29, 2022

Ukraine: Russia establishes more than 20 prison camps in occupied Ukraine

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Russia has created more than 20 prison or “filtration” camps in occupied Ukrainian territory, Ukraine’s representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said.

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March 24, 2022

Russia: Alexei Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison

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On March 22, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow delivered its verdict at a hearing held in penal colony IK-2 in Pokrov, Vladimir Region, where Aleksei Navalny is serving his previous, arbitrary 2.5-year sentence. The court found him guilty of “fraud on an especially large scale” and “contempt o…

Source — Amnesty International

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March 22, 2022

Russie : Alexeï Navalny condamné à neuf ans de prison supplémentaires

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March 9, 2022

Russia: Parliament approves jail for ‘fake’ war reports

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Russians could face prison sentences of up to 15 years for spreading information that goes against the Russian government’s position on the war in Ukraine, a move that comes as authorities block access to foreign media outlets. The Russian parliament voted unanimously Friday to approve a draft law…

Source — Aljazeera

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March 9, 2022

Russia: From prison, Navalny urges Russians to rise up and ‘stop the war’

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Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has called on Russians to rise up and fight against Vladimir Putin’s “aggressive war” in Ukraine, brandishing the Russian president an “obviously insane car”. The prominent Kremlin critic, tweeting from behind bars, urged people to stage daily protest…

Source — The London Economic

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December 7, 2021

Russia: “They’re killing us!”

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Prison Insider was contacted by an anonymous Russian source. They asked us to expose the abuse inflicted on prisoners in the Angarsk Penal Colony No. 15 following the riot there in April 2020. We explain how the events unfolded below. Read more

October 12, 2021

Russie : un lanceur d’alerte dénonce un système de viols organisés en prison

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June 10, 2021

Rusia: justicia rusa decreta prisión preventiva para Pivovarov a la espera de que se celebre el juicio en su contra

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May 6, 2021

Russia: release prominent lawyer defending Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation from arbitrary detention

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Responding to news that Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers have detained Ivan Pavlov, a human rights lawyer defending the Anti-Corruption Foundation founded by Aleksei Navalny, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Moscow Office Director, said: “Lawyers should never be arrested si…

Source — Amnesty international

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May 4, 2021

Russia: Daghestani and Azerbaijani inmates sew mouths shut in Russia prison hunger strike

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The protest in the prison in western Russia involved three people from the Russian republic of Daghestan and an Azerbaijani native. Their relatives told Caucasian Knot that inmates were confined to punishment cells without justification and even threatened with torture for expressing dissatisfactio…

Source — OC media

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April 28, 2021

Russia: human rights crisis deepens as Navalny supporters arrested en masse

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Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of all those who have been detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and for the immediate release of Aleksei Navalny who is being arbitrarily detained and denied access to independent healthcare. “On Wednesday,…

Source — Amnistía internacional

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April 7, 2021

Russie : Alexeï Navalny entame une grève de la faim pour protester contre l’absence d’accès à des soins

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March 17, 2021

Rusia: denuncian el traslado de Navalny de la cárcel a un paradero desconocido

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March 1, 2021

Rusia: las cárceles de Moscú, colmadas de seguidores de Navalny

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February 15, 2021

Russia: human rights activists have spent 30 years fighting for better privacy and cleaner facilities, but ‘holes in the floor’ persist

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In recent weeks, the Russian authorities arrested thousands of demonstrators at protests across the country, sentencing hundreds to several days or weeks in jail. For many of these people, behind bars for the first time in their lives, state custody was a uniquely upsetting experience — particularl…

Source — Meduza

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February 15, 2021

Rusia: liberen a Aleksei Navalny, envenenado, detenido y condenado injustamente

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February 12, 2021

Russia: number of inmates decreases

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The number of convicts held in correctional system facilities has decreased in Russia up to 482,000 people by the beginning of 2021, the Supreme Court’s head Vyacheslav Lebedev announced Tuesday. According to the highest instance’s Chairman, the number of detainees continues to decline. Last year,…

Source — RAPSI

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February 3, 2021

Rusia: detenciones de personas que protestaban pacíficamente

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February 3, 2021

Rusia: Navalny condenado a prisión mientras la detención masiva de sus simpatizantes deriva en hacinamiento grave y condiciones de reclusión crueles

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