Rights in Russia 05.12.16

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Person of the Week

Person of the Week: Ildar Dadin

Rights Group of the Week

Rights Group of the Week: For Human Rights

Legal Case of the Week

Legal Case of the Week: Oleg Sentsov

The case of Ildar Dadin

Anastasia Zotova: They didn't find any violations in the concentration camp [Ekho Moskvy]

Anastasia Zotova: Latest News on Combating Torture in Prison Colony No. 7 in Segezha [Ekho Moskvy]

Rights Defenders say torture of Ildar Dadin Not Imagined (Dozhd)

Lawyer says political prisoner Ildar Dadin needs medical care [HRO.org]

Other issues

Sarah Hurst: Letter to Memorial from Oksana Sevastidi, convicted of treason [translation]

Halya Coynash: Putin’s cynical lies about Oleg Sentsov debunked by International Criminal Court [Human Rights in Ukraine]

International Memorial Society: Database on chekists of period of Great Terror now accessible online [International Memorial Society]

Chechnya: a Grozny woman reclaims her home after a five-year legal battle [HRO.org]

Back to the Problem of Lawyers Being Refused Access to Their Clients [HRO.org]

Saratov NGO Sotsium Fined 100,000 Roubles [HRO.org]

Svetlana Gannushkina receives ‘Alternative Nobel Prize' [HRO.org]

Lawyers demand compliance with ECtHR decision on Aleksei Pichugin case [HRO.org]

Why the Russian government is against the International Criminal Court [HRO.org]

Quote for the Day

Ole Solvang: "Those who ordered and carried out unlawful attacks should be tried for war crimes"

Amnesty International: "We demand an end to all unlawful attacks in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria, and immediate and unhindered humanitarian access so that life-saving aid can reach all those in need"

Bill Van Esveld: "How can Russian authorities relieve children’s suffering? By ending unlawful attacks and the use of unlawful weapons, and pushing Syrian forces to do the same"

Front Line Defenders: "Front Line Defenders condemns the ongoing judicial harassment of Man and the Law, as it believes that it has been targeted solely as a result of its legitimate work in defence of human rights in Russia"

Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan: "The government fears the web could be used to mobilise protesters and disseminate dangerous ideas and information and it is looking for ways to switch off connections in times of crisis"

Nadezhda Azhgikhina: "The only ideology and religion for journalists is commitment to professional and ethical standards. [...] We all have to do our best to resist any attempt to restore Cold War practices"

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Our thanks to this week’s translators, including: Caroline Elkin, Frances Robson, Joanne Reynolds, Lincoln Pigman, Marian Schwartz, Mary McAuley and Simon Cosgrove

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