Status: Attacked Sergey Babinets 24 January 2022HRDs attacked, mother of human rights defender Abubakar Yangulbaev abducted Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Judicial Harassment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Shut Down Memorial 24 January 2022Russia's Courts order the closure of Russia’s International Memorial and Human Rights Center “Memorial” Violations #Reprisals #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Charged Igor Kalyapin 9 December 2021Charges against human rights defender Igor Kalyapin sustained Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Members Detained Memorial 19 October 2021Public event of International Memorial attacked by mob and members and attendees unlawfully detained by police Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Loss of Refugee Status Valentina Chupik 28 September 2021WHRD Valentina Chupik barred from entering Russia, stripped of her refugee status and detained Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Killed Natalia Estemirova 13 September 2021European Court of Human Rights fails to hold the Russian authorities accountable for the killing of woman human rights defender Natalia Estemirova Violations #Killing Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Judicial Harassment Ernest Mezak 30 June 2021Human rights defender Ernest Mezak facing criminal charge for insulting a judge Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Attacked Maysarat Kilyaskhanova 17 June 2021Women human rights defenders Svetlana Anokhina and Maysarat Kilyaskhanova attacked and detained during raid on women's shelter for survivors of gender-based violence Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Attacked Svetlana Anokhina 17 June 2021Women human rights defenders Svetlana Anokhina and Maysarat Kilyaskhanova attacked and detained during raid on women's shelter for survivors of gender-based violence Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Arrested Sergey Davidis 27 April 2021HRD Sergey Davidis arrested in response to a retweet Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Abducted & Transferred Izzat Amon 2 April 2021Izzat Amon abducted in Moscow and transferred to Tajikistan, facing charges of fraud Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation #Tajikistan