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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Russian artists and activists campaign for the release of punk ...
7 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 7 March 2013. AI Index: EUR 46/008/2013. Russian artists and activists campaign for the release of punk singers. ...

Public Statement       EUR 46/008/2013

Russia: Further information: Threats against lawyer to be ...
27 February 2013

The investigation has been opened into death threats made against criminal defence lawyer Magamed Abubakarov from North Caucasus, Russia, from an unfamiliar phone ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/007/2013

Amnesty International assessment of states' implementation of ...
21 February 2013

In its submissions for the UPR, Amnesty International endeavours to assess the level of implementation of some of the recommendations, made by other states in the ...

Report       IOR 41/002/2013

Submission to the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) of ...
20 February 2013

Amnesty International submits this contribution in the context of the evaluation of the implementation of the Recommendation on measures to combat discrimination ...

Report       IOR 61/003/2013

Russian Federation: New laws lead to increased repression of ...
20 February 2013

In this submission, Amnesty International assesses the implementation of a number of recommendations that Russia supported during its previous Universal Periodic ...

Report       EUR 46/006/2013

Amnesty International | Russia escalating attacks on free ...
20 February 2013

A year after the punk band Pussy Riot performed a protest song in Moscow's main Orthodox cathedral, the situation for freedom of expression has only worsened in ...

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Russia: Lawyer threatened in North Caucasus: Magamed Abubakarov
13 February 2013

Criminal defence lawyer Magamed Abubakarov has been receiving text messages containing death threats from an unfamiliar phone number. He was repeatedly threatened ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/005/2013

Russian Court upholds ban on 'extremist' Pussy Riot videos ...
31 January 2013

The ban on videos of the group's protest in a Moscow cathedral last year, highlights an escalating clampdown on freedom of expression.

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Russia: Further information: Discriminatory law backed in Russia
29 January 2013

The Russian Parliament has almost unanimously backed a homophobic bill outlawing the “propaganda of homosexuality amongst minors” at the first reading, held on ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/002/2013

Russian Federation: Court finds Russian authorities negligent
25 January 2013

Tamerlan Dokuvich Suleimanov's whereabouts remain unknown, but the European Court of Human Rights has found that the Russian authorities violated his rights, in ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/001/2013