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Russia

Wartime suppression of dissent, jailing of journalists and opposition figures, anti-LGBTQ legislation.

FREEDOM
13/100
PRESS RANK
164/180
POL. PRISONERS
1,300
POPULATION
144M
SEVERITY
8/10
CASES YTD
612

Russia

Wartime suppression of dissent, jailing of journalists and opposition figures, anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Key concerns

Political prisoners
Press suppression
Anti-LGBTQ laws

Stats

Freedom House score: 13/100
Press freedom rank: 164/180
Estimated political prisoners: 1,300
Editorial severity: 8/10

Sources

Wikipedia · Human Rights in Russia
Freedom House · Russia
Human Rights Watch · Russia

▦ TRACKED CASES

People we are following in Russia.

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Opposition politician and journalist

Released in Aug 2024 prisoner exchange

▣ RECENT DISPATCHES

41 curated items for Russia

Jun 25 · GNews
ECHR finds Russia responsible for torture and killing of Georgian POWs in 2008 war - AzerNews
Jun 23 · GNews
ECtHR: Russia Responsible for Killing, Torture of Georgian Prisoners of War in 2008 - Civil Georgia
Jul 06 · GNews
Publication of overview of the ongoing initiatives and efforts on the international stage for the safe return of Ukrainian children unlawfully transferred to Russia - coe.int
Jul 01 · RSF
Switzerland: unprecedented wave of abusive lawsuits targets newsroom Heidi.news
Jun 23 · GNews
For a sustainable peace, Russia must fundamentally change - New Eastern Europe
May 25 · GNews
Russia Plans ‘Civic Death Law’ for Exiled Critics - Human Rights Watch
May 18 · GNews
Russia’s New Human Rights Commissioner Accused of Helping Kidnap Ukrainian Children - The New York Times
Jun 19 · GNews
Russia Using Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War in Ukraine, Foreign Ministry Says - UNITED24 Media
Jun 30 · AJ
Russia’s fuel crisis deepens following Ukrainian drone strikes
May 21 · GNews
Ukrainian sentenced to five years for writing that Russian-occupied territory is part of Ukraine - khpg.org
Jun 12 · HRW
EU-Ukraine to Launch Accession Talks on Rights, Rule of Law
Jun 11 · GNews
Russia’s abuses against civilians in the occupied territories of Ukraine: event during the UN Human Rights Council - Центр прав людини ZMINA
Jun 10 · GNews
Number of civilian casualties during the war in Ukraine 2022-2026 - Statista
Jun 08 · GNews
EU planning to add to $1.5 trillion sanctions hit on Russia - Al Jazeera
Jun 06 · GNews
Ombudsman Lubinets meets with Russia’s new Human Rights Commissioner - Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
Jun 05 · GNews
Ukraine's human rights commissioner meets Russia's new ombudswoman for first time – video - Українська правда
Jun 05 · GNews
Moscow adds human rights organisations to ‘terrorist list’ - The Barents Observer
May 18 · GNews
Captured, imprisoned and tortured: Russia 'ignores all laws and does whatever it wants' to Ukrainian civilians - Le Monde.fr
Jun 11 · GNews
Torture and arbitrary detention as crimes against humanity during Russia’s war in Ukraine – UN HRC58 side event - Центр прав людини ZMINA
May 28 · GNews
Danish human rights activists: 17,000 Ukrainian prisoners from TOT deported to Russia - Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
May 25 · GNews
Russia brings new ‘treason’ charges against young Crimean Tatar political prisoner after months of torture - khpg.org
May 25 · GNews
‘Made in Russia, Delivered into Captivity’: Systematic Torture of Ukrainian POWs in Russia - Kyiv Post
May 22 · GNews
Lubinets: Russia using 695 forms of torture against Ukrainian POWs - Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
May 22 · GNews
Russia says four killed, 35 children wounded in Ukrainian attack on Luhansk region - The Detroit News
May 21 · GNews
Russian authorities designate the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) as an "undesirable" organisation - Fédération internationale pour les droits humains
May 18 · GNews
Captured, imprisoned and tortured: Russia 'ignores all laws and does whatever it wants' to Ukrainian civilians - Le Monde.fr
Jun 11 · GNews
Torture and arbitrary detention as crimes against humanity during Russia’s war in Ukraine – UN HRC58 side event - Центр прав людини ZMINA
May 28 · GNews
Danish human rights activists: 17,000 Ukrainian prisoners from TOT deported to Russia - Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
May 25 · GNews
Russia brings new ‘treason’ charges against young Crimean Tatar political prisoner after months of torture - khpg.org
May 25 · GNews
‘Made in Russia, Delivered into Captivity’: Systematic Torture of Ukrainian POWs in Russia - Kyiv Post
May 22 · GNews
Lubinets: Russia using 695 forms of torture against Ukrainian POWs - Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
May 22 · GNews
Russia says four killed, 35 children wounded in Ukrainian attack on Luhansk region - The Detroit News
May 22 · GNews
Strangled, shocked, skinned: Ukraine's commissioner details Russia's 695 documented torture methods - Hromadske
May 18 · GNews
Captured, imprisoned and tortured: Russia 'ignores all laws and does whatever it wants' to Ukrainian civilians - Le Monde.fr
May 30 · GNews
Torture and arbitrary detention as crimes against humanity during Russia’s war in Ukraine – UN HRC58 side event - Центр прав людини ZMINA
May 11 · GNews
ECHR orders Russia to pay compensation to Crimean Tatars arrested and prosecuted for peaceful protest - khpg.org
May 07 · GNews
Russia returns the bodies of 375 POWs and civilian hostages tortured to death or denied medical care - khpg.org
May 28 · HRW
Kazakhstan: Psychiatric Detention of Activist Priest
May 28 · GNews
Danish human rights activists: 17,000 Ukrainian prisoners from TOT deported to Russia - Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
May 25 · GNews
Russia brings new ‘treason’ charges against young Crimean Tatar political prisoner after months of torture - khpg.org
May 25 · GNews
‘Made in Russia, Delivered into Captivity’: Systematic Torture of Ukrainian POWs in Russia - Kyiv Post