Russia: Thousands arrested, fined, charged in nationwide pro-opposition protests Published at 10.02.2021 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force public vilification torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Pro-Nalvany protests record unprecedented number of arrests and prosecutions Published at 14.04.2021 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment restrictive law intimidation Read more
CSOs and media publications in Russia face restriction Published at 14.05.2021 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption CSO closure restrictive law Read more
Journalists and CSOs face a clampdown Published at 09.07.2021 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained protest Read more
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 Read more
Mass anti-war protests, censorship, as population denounces Ukraine invasion Published at 02.03.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption CSO closure intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
New Law on Foreign Agents could undermine civil society work Published at 30.12.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Further tightening of restrictions on “undesirable” organisations Published at 30.07.2024 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted protest Read more
New legislative amendments to further simplify designating NGOs as extremist, arrests of protesters commemorating anniversary of Navalny’s death Published at 01.03.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Further tightening of “foreign agent” restrictions: ban on educational activities adopted, cooperating with the ICC to be criminalised Published at 29.04.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction HRD prosecuted journalist detained killing of journalist protest public vilification restrictive law Read more
Russia’s escalating crackdown on LGBTQI+ “extremism”: 100 convictions since January 2024 Published at 08.07.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure HRD detained HRD prosecuted LGBTI protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification torture/ill-treatment Read more
