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Russian businessmen declared prisoners of conscience after ...
24 May 2011

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev's convictions on money laundering have been upheld by a Moscow court.

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Russian Federation: Further information: Demand protection for ...
23 May 2011

The investigation into the allegation of unlawful detention and torture of a man is facing obstruction from Chechen police. The investigation team has received ...

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Moscow authorities ban gay pride event | Amnesty International
18 May 2011

Authorities in Moscow must overturn their ban on the city's gay pride event, Amnesty International says.

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Annual Report 2011: Global Update: Events covering the period from ...
13 May 2011

The first four months of 2011 witnessed an unprecedented surge of ordinary people speaking up for their rights and demanding change. But the authorities' repressive ...

PressItem       POL 10/008/2011

Report 2011: Amnesty International at 50 says historic change on ...
13 May 2011

Amnesty International's annual report details how the rise of social media is fuelling a new activism that repressive governments are struggling to control.

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Russian Federation: Further information: Tajikistani asylum seeker ...
28 April 2011

Moscow City Court has upheld the order of the Prosecutor General to extradite Nizomhon Juraev to Tajikistan, despite Nizomhon Juraev having applied for asylum in ...

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Russian Federation: Further information: Abducted man found dead ...
21 April 2011

The body of Ilez Gorchkhanov, 26 years old, was found on 19 April 2011. He was abducted in Nazran in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russian Federation, on 21 March ...

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Security with Human Rights
6 April 2011

Amnesty International is launching a major worldwide campaign, Security with Human Rights. It aims to expose governments that violate human rights in the name of ...

Document       ACT 30/001/2011

Wire, April/May 2011. Vol. 41, issue 02
1 April 2011

1) Death and injury the order of the day 2) LiveWire: Libya; Romania; Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; Egypt 3) Time to demand a bullet-proof Arms ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2011

Russian Federation: Further information: Detained Ingush activist ...
29 March 2011

Activist Magomed Khazbiev was released on 26 March after having been arrested on 23 March and held in administrative detention in Ingushetia. He was repeatedly ...

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