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Russia: Speaking out is not a crime [Postcard]
1 November 2012

Postcard       EUR 46/036/2012

Wire, November/December 2012. Vol. 42, issue 06
1 November 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Greece: Racist attacks on the rise 3) Write for Rights: Romantic roots 4) Write a letter: Change a life 5) Write for rights: 'My goal ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2012

Amnesty International | Russia must investigate claims Leonid ...
24 October 2012

Claims a Russian opposition MP's assistant was abducted in Ukraine and forced to return to Russia where he has alleged he was tortured or otherwise ill-treated ...

Press Release      

Russia must investigate claims Leonid Razvozzhayev was abducted ...
23 October 2012

Claims an opposition MP's assistant was abducted in Ukraine and forced to return to Russia where he was allegedly tortured must be investigated, Amnesty International ...

Story      

Russian Federation: Briefing to the UN Committee against Torture
15 October 2012

This submission considers the existing safeguards against torture in the Russian legal system, their shortcomings, as well as some of the methods used by law ...

Document       EUR 46/040/2012

Pussy Riot: Russian court orders conditional release of one, other ...
10 October 2012

A decision to conditionally release one member of Pussy Riot is only a half-measure in achieving justice, Amnesty International said.

Story      

Russian Federation: Further information: Pussy Riot singer ...
10 October 2012

On 10 October, the Moscow City Court gave Pussy Riot member, Ekaterina Samutsevich, a suspended sentence and released her conditionally. Jail sentences were upheld ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/039/2012

Russian authorities must investigate threats received by a ...
5 October 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 5 October 2012. AI Index: EUR 46/038/2012. Russian authorities must investigate threats received ...

Public Statement       EUR 46/038/2012

Russian Federation: The Pussy Riot case exemplifies use of ...
21 September 2012

It is unclear what is driving the Russian Federation's initiative on traditional values; the recent persecution and prosecution of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria ...

Document       EUR 46/044/2012

Russian Federation: Further information: Pussy Riot punk singers ...
21 August 2012

On 17 August, a Moscow court sentenced the three members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot to two years imprisonment in a penal colony. The three women ...

Urgent Action       EUR 46/033/2012