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Russia: seen in the press / 2023
Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Change the language setting to French or Spanish to read other articles.
Russia: Brittney Griner facing ‘terrible’ life at remote penal colony
Long days are spent in forced labor, working at sewing machines, with only a short break for lunch. By nightfall, prisoners are fed dinner and allowed an hour or less of free time before going to sleep in dormitories crowded with scores of bunk beds. The routine reportedly can stretch for weeks on…Source — Los Angeles Times
Russia: Navalni denuncia un endurecimiento de las condiciones de detención
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Russia: a prison hospital became a torture dungeon
“Strapped down, had genitals shoved in their faces”. How a prison hospital in Krasnoyarsk became a torture dungeonSource — The Insider
Russie : Des prisonniers russes envoyés par dizaines de milliers sur le front ukrainien
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Russia: las autoridades penitenciarias imponen duras condiciones a Alexei Navalny
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Russia: Brit POW Shaun Pinner was electrocuted and forced to listen to ABBA for 24 hours during torture sessions
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
Russie : Alexeï Nalvany détenu dans des conditions toujours plus dures
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
Russia: arbitrary detentions and forcible conscriptions of peaceful protesters
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
Russia: a prisoners’ rights activist says escaped assassination
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
Russia: the country recruits prisoners en masse for Ukraine deployment
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
Ukraine: Russia establishes more than 20 prison camps in occupied Ukraine
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.Source — Newsmaxworld
Russia: Alexei Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison
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
Russie : Alexeï Navalny condamné à neuf ans de prison supplémentaires
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Russia: Parliament approves jail for ‘fake’ war reports
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
Russia: From prison, Navalny urges Russians to rise up and ‘stop the war’
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
Russia: “They’re killing us!”
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. Russie : un lanceur d’alerte dénonce un système de viols organisés en prison
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Rusia: justicia rusa decreta prisión preventiva para Pivovarov a la espera de que se celebre el juicio en su contra
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Russia: release prominent lawyer defending Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation from arbitrary detention
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
Russia: Daghestani and Azerbaijani inmates sew mouths shut in Russia prison hunger strike
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
Russia: human rights crisis deepens as Navalny supporters arrested en masse
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
Russie : Alexeï Navalny entame une grève de la faim pour protester contre l’absence d’accès à des soins
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Rusia: denuncian el traslado de Navalny de la cárcel a un paradero desconocido
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