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2019.06.21 14:04

Chechen human rights defender Oyub Titiyev walks free

Oyub Titiyev, Head of Grozny office of the Russian NGO Memorial, has been released from prison on Friday.

2019.06.11 09:26

Russian court grants early release to Chechen human rights defender

On June 10, Shali Town Court granted early release to Oyub Titiyev, Head of Grozny office of the Russian NGO Memorial.

2019.05.16 09:09

Sentsov recovers health after hunger strike – defense lawyer

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov has recovered after hungerstriking, his defense lawyer Dmitry Dinze says.

2019.03.28 11:47

Zmitser Paliyenka goes on hunger strike

Former political prisoner Zmitser Paliyenka, is currently kept in a remand prison on suspicion of committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 393 of…

2019.03.20 15:57

Former political prisoner brutally detained in Minsk

Zmitser Paliyenka, a Belarusian anarchist and former political prisoner, was arrested in Minsk on Wednesday morning. He is suspected of committing a crime under Article…

2019.02.04 12:10

I’ll face death or imprisonment – Ukraine citizen kidnapped by FSB in Belarus

The future is bleak, Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb said in a letter to the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. The young man Ukraine recognised a political…

2019.01.30 09:31

Ukrainian citizen abducted by Russia’s FSB on verge of life and death

Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb, who is currently in Russia’s prison, is critically ill, Ukraine’s human rights envoy Liudmyla Denisova said on Facebook.

2018.10.24 08:22 Video

Political prisoner Dzmitry Paliyenka at liberty

Dzmitry Paliyenka, a civic activist and prisoner of conscience, has been released from Babruysk penal colony Nr 2 on Wednesday evening. His friends and family…

2018.09.12 08:30