More than 200 people imprisoned by Nicaragua's authoritarian regime during a brutal two-year political crackdown have been released and sent to the United States. The Guardian writes about it. “This is grandiose,” said Georgiana Aguirre-Sacasa, daughter of one of the prisoners, an elderly former minister ...
The “Letters to Political Prisoners” campaign has launched in the United States, a new project of the Russian-speaking diaspora in the United States aimed at drawing attention to human rights problems in Russia, reports Voice of America. Everyone is invited to send postcards to Russian political prisoners in order to provide moral support to people persecuted for their...
The draft resolution, submitted to the US Congress on May 11, calls on Russia to release political prisoners, including Ukrainian citizens, and also asks the administration of US President Donald Trump to impose sanctions against Russian officials responsible for human rights violations, persecution of journalists, oppositionists, representatives of civil ...
Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia on the exchange of prisoners have reached the home stretch. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated this during a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, writes the BBC. “About the exchange: I think it will be enough...
On Friday night, reports began to emerge that an exchange of detainees had begun between Russia and Ukraine. In the morning, both Moscow and Kiev said that the process of negotiations on the exchange is still ongoing. What did they say on the night of the First about the release of a number ...
The Russian authorities want to send political prisoners to Ukraine, including Roman Sushchenko, Oleg Sentsov and Yevgeny Panov. Also, the Kremlin is ready to send home 24 sailors who were captured in the Kerch Strait. In exchange, Kiev will send to Russia the citizens of this country who are serving sentences ...
On March 1, lawyer Olga Dinze visited Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov in the Polar Bear colony in the city of Labytnangi, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia. “At about 12:00, we finally managed to get to Oleg. He feels fine. In my opinion, he has recovered quite a lot. How…
October 30 in Russia is a day of remembrance for the victims of political repression. On October 29, at the Solovetsky Stone in Moscow, the action "Return of Names" is held - from 10 am to 10 pm people take turns reading out the names of those who died during the years of repression. Often names are ...
Today, a rally in support of the convicted Russian oppositionist Ildar Dadin took place outside the Russian Consulate General in New York. About 30 people took part in the picket. People came with posters “Freedom for Ildar Dadin.” The action lasted two hours. About what is being prepared...
The list of women political prisoners includes, among others, human rights activist Leyla Yunus and journalist Khadija Ismayilova from Azerbaijan, Uzbek human rights activist Matlyuba Kamilova, Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is on trial in Russia, and women from Ethiopia, Iran, China and North Korea. The campaign involves ...