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Russia declares “international LGBTQI+ movement” as extremist
Published at
20.12.2023
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained

More INGOs declared “undesirable”, Crimean activist sentenced to 15 years in prison for pro-Ukrainian protest
Published at
18.07.2023
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- harassment
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

US journalist arrested on espionage charges, faces 20 years in prison
Published at
18.04.2023
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- protest
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- environmental rights

Journalists imprisoned for spreading “fake news” about the Russian Army
Published at
22.03.2023
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- office raid
- CSO closure
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

New Law on Foreign Agents could undermine civil society work
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law

Mass detentions continue as government employs facial recognition to identify protesters
Published at
20.10.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest

Amid the war, more proposed legislative changes could further stifle CSOs and Media
Published at
15.06.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- HRD detained
- political interference
- protest

Civic freedoms continue to deteriorate in the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Published at
28.04.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

Mass anti-war protests, censorship, as population denounces Ukraine invasion
Published at
02.03.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted

Demonstrators protest alleged rigging of parliamentary elections
Published at
29.10.2021
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- CSO closure
- protest
- intimidation

Journalists and CSOs face a clampdown
Published at
09.07.2021
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- protest