Punitive psychiatry is being revived in the Samara region. Doctors are hospitalising healthy people in psychiatric hospitals, in order to take over their flats.на русском языке
On 24 July, the Moscow City Court sentenced Sergei Udaltsov, leader of the left wing of the Russian opposition, to four-and-a-half years in prison.
Cossacks have always been loyal to the Kremlin. The crisis in Ukraine has only confirmed that loyalty.
There has so far been little sign of the cooperation which could lead to some form of closure for the MH17 bereaved. But that could be changing…
Human rights defenders in Russia have released data on the numbers of Russians arrested at protests; and what they were protesting about.
Ruslan Kutayev, human rights activist, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in Chechnya for possession of heroin. His fellow campaigners are convinced that the charges were false. на русском языке
В Чечне на четыре года колонии осужден общественный деятель Руслан Кутаев, которого суд признал виновным в хранении героина. Правозащитники убеждены, что дело сфальсифицировано. in English
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan recently addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; and said that there are no human rights abuses in the country…
The Russian-led Customs Union has introduced new rules on slaughtering livestock. A massive rise in meat prices is forecast; and the end of small-scale farming.
On 16 June, Alexander Sodiqov, a political science PhD student at the University of Toronto, was arrested in Tajikistan while conducting research on conflict resolution.
A parliamentary inquiry, launched today, will hear from people directly affected by immigration detention. Will the mass incarceration of migrants finally be recognised as a political concern worthy of public scrutiny and debate, asks Eiri Ohtani.
Некоторые практики екатеринбургского фонда «Город без наркотиков» Евгения Ройзмана считаются сомнительными, но они вообще мало обсуждались. Как же так? in English
