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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 — particularly…

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, such…

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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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November 25, 2020

Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison

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Hearings have begun in occupied Crimea into the lawsuit brought by Kazim Ametov against Russia’s penitentiary service and police over the inhuman conditions he was held prisoner in for over two years. The chances of a Russian-controlled “court” finding in favour of the former political prisoner are remote,…

Source — The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

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July 29, 2020

Russia: Incendie dans une prison pour femmes de Moscou, 850 évacuations

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June 3, 2020

Russia: le mystère de la faible propagation du coronavirus dans les prisons

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May 19, 2020

Russia: after deadly prison riot in Siberia, officials are tight-lipped as families seek information on survivors

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MOSCOW – It wasn’t until two days after Russian authorities violently suppressed a riot at his prison in Siberia that Kristina Ilinova learned her husband was missing. Yevgeny Ilinov was one of 200 inmates of Corrective Colony No. 15 who mutinied on April 9 in protest of their treatment by guards at…

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April 24, 2020

Russia: penitentiaries in the pandemic

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Russian officials say coronavirus hasn’t infected a single inmate, but COVID-19 has undeniably changed life behind bars in big ways Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries around the world have begun releasing large numbers of inmates to curb the spread of the disease behind prison…

Source — Meduza

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April 23, 2020

Russia: répression féroce dans une prison de Sibérie

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December 18, 2019

Russia: transgender woman in Russia faces hard time in men's prison

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Michelle had no idea that the erotic anime images she posted on social media years ago could land her in an all-male prison and endanger her life.

Source — Radio Free Europe

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October 3, 2019

Russia: new report offers government think-tank perspective on reforming the prison system

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Russia has too many prisoners — more than 543,000, the largest imprisoned population per capita in Europe. Twenty-eight percent of Russian prisoners are behind bars for drug-related crimes, more than those imprisoned for either robbery or murder. Most of those individuals are drug users, not drug dealers.

Source — Meduza

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August 27, 2019

Russie : la CEDH condamne lourdement la Russie dans l’affaire Magnitski

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August 25, 2019

Russia: 'Black Hole', prosecutors probing allegations of punitive psychiatric treatment in Siberian prison

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Igor Sovchuk, a prisoner at prison IK-6 in the city of Tyumen, Siberia, complained repeatedly of a headache. After being told repeatedly to shut up, the guards finally agreed to take him to the medical unit. He was given an injection and sent back to his cell.

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May 27, 2019

Russia: inmate dies in Russia after being tortured in "De Facto Murder," asctivists say

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An inmate has died in a Russian prison as a result of torture, activists have reported, in what they say was a “de facto murder.” Several leaked videos showing prisoner abuse over the past year have led to a mass outcry over torture and nationwide inspections to root out violence.

Source — The Moscow Times

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April 10, 2019

Russia: detienen las clases de yoga en las cárceles por 'crear' presos homosexuales

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March 11, 2019

Russia: allegations of torture in the Northern Caucasian region

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The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has today issued a public statement on the Russian Federation urging the Russian authorities to take decisive action to eradicate the phenomenon of ill-treatment by law enforcement officials…

Source — Conseil de l'Europe

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January 7, 2019

Russia: prison guards suffer from 'moral fatigue,' officials says

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Amid a continuing debate about the dire conditions in Russian prisons and repeated cases of torture there, a top official from Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) says its workers are suffering from “moral fatigue” as a result of low wages and daily contacts with inmates who sometimes attack…

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December 24, 2018

Russia: le directeur d'une prison suspendu après des cas de travaux forcés

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December 17, 2018

Russia: notorious 19th-century Moscow prison will be closed

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Russian prison officials have announced plans to close the infamous Butyrka prison in central Moscow and relocate its inmates to the city’s outskirts.

Source — The Moscow Times

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December 9, 2018

Russia: prison torture victim 'brought back to life four times'

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Former inmate Yevgeny Makarov describes how guards choked him with a towel and poured water into his mouth to suffocate him.

Source — Skynews

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