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Russia: at least 6 political prisoners died in custody in the first 4 months of 2026
According to data from the human rights organization Memorial, more than 5,000 people in Russia are victims of political repression. At least 68 of them have died in custody over the past decade and a half, including at least six since the start of 2026.Russia: prison population falls to historic low, deputy chief justice says
Russia’s prison population has fallen to a historic low, the newly appointed first deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court said, coming after years of the Russian military’s recruitment of incarcerated people to fight in Ukraine.Russia: Human Rights Commissioner calls for expanded repatriation agreements for foreign incarcerated people
Speaking at a meeting of the Russian Ministry of Justice’s collegium, she highlighted frequent appeals from women from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, who are seeking assistance in transferring their relatives to serve their sentences closer to home.
Russia: documentary reveals the late Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna was brutally tortured while in captivity
The late Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who was captured by Russian forces in the summer of 2023, was subjected to severe torture while in detention, according to an investigative documentary by Slidstvo.Info titled “Vika’s Last Assignment.”Russia: how a juvenile detention centre in Taganrog was turned into a torture camp for Ukrainian imprisoned people
What was once a detention centre for juveniles and women with children, Detention Centre No. 2, or SIZO-2, in Taganrog has for over two and a half years been used to detain captured Ukrainians. The facility has become notorious for inhumane conditions.Russia: Tajikistan denounces 'torture' of Tajik suspects in Moscow attack, urges fair trial
Tajikistan’s foreign minister has described the beating and abuse of several Tajik suspects in the mass killing of more than 140 people at a Russian concert hall as “torture” that is at odds with the need for a thorough investigation and a fair trial.Russia: workers at prison where Navalny died reportedly tried to pass off inmate’s death from torture as suicide
Workers at the “Polar Wolf” prison in Russia’s Far North where Alexey Navalny died once tried to pass off another inmate’s death as a suicide when he actually died as a result of torture, the investigative outlet Holod reported on Friday.Russia: Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in Arctic Circle jail
Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in an Arctic Circle jail, the prison service has said. President Vladimir Putin’s most vociferous critic, he was serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.
Russia: Brittney Griner facing ‘terrible’ life at remote penal colony
The inmates at IK-2 penal colony rise at 6 a.m. each day for a breakfast of milk porridge, bread and tea. Soon they leave their barracks at this aging facility about 300 miles southeast of Moscow, in the isolated republic of Mordovia.Russia: Navalni denuncia un endurecimiento de las condiciones de detención
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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.