Russia

G-20 must set the example and clean up their human rights record - 28 May 2009

Amnesty International’s Secretary General has called on the G-20 grouping that brings together the world’s leading economies to lead by example and show

Russian Federation: Amnesty International launches annual report and second Memorandum to President Medvedev - 20 May 2009

On 28 May in Moscow, Amnesty International will present the organization's main conclusions regarding the global trends in the protection of human rights and will il

Medvedev's first year: failure to improve human rights - 8 May 2009

The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, has not delivered on the promises he made about human rights during his first year in power.

Russian Federation: One year on President Dmitry Medvedev fails to improve the human rights situation - 7 May 2009

Little has been done to improve the human rights situation in the Russian Federation – in some areas it has even worsened, one year after President Dmitry Medve

No freedom – journalists stopped from doing their jobs - 3 May 2009

Press Freedom Day, 3 May, has, for a number of years, been a day in which journalists and media workers marked the deaths of increasing numbers of their colleagues a

Organizers of Russian art exhibition charged with inciting hatred - 27 April 2009

Yurii Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev could face up to five years' imprisonment after they organized a contemporary art exhibition in Moscow.

No progress in Chechnya without accountability - 17 April 2009

There can be no stability and security for the people of Chechnya, until those responsible for gross human rights abuses in the country over the last 10 years are brou

Russian Federation: Normalization in Chechnya must bring accountability - 16 April 2009

Normalization in Chechnya is not possible without full accountability for the grievous human rights violations that have taken place in the country ravaged by two wa

Human rights activist attacked in Russia - 1 April 2009

A prominent Russian human rights activist who has long been critical of the government has been assaulted near his Moscow home.

Russian Federation: Attack on prominent human rights activiste - 1 April 2009

Last night’s assault on human rights activist Lev Ponomarev must be investigated fully and independently by the Russian authorities. Those responsible must be