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16 March 2020

Continued harassment of environmental rights organisation Ecodefense!

On 13 March 2020, human rights defender and co-chair of Ecodefense! Vladimir Slivyak was detained during a protest against coal mining in Novokuznetsk and held at a police station for half an hour. On the same day, police stopped a bus with participants of a press tour on coal mining organised by Ecodefense! and held it up for an hour near Novokuznetsk without providing any explanation. This is not the first time Ecodefense! has been targeted for its peaceful human rights activities.

Rights 
#Environmental Rights
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
#Arbitrary detention
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Russian Federation
HRD or Organization 
Ecodefense!
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20 March 2020

HRD Lev Ponomarev detained during peaceful protest and beaten by police

On 14 March 2020, human rights defender Lev Ponomarev was violently detained during a peaceful protest against political repression held in front of the Federal Security Service (FSS) headquarters in Moscow. He was taken to a police station, where he was beaten. He was released on the same day and had to be hospitalised.

Violations 
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
#Physical Attack
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Russian Federation
HRD or Organization 
Lev Ponomarev
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10 February 2020

Lawyer Marina Dubrovina and journalist Elena Milashina violently attacked

On 6 February 2020, a group of unknown individuals violently attacked lawyer Marina Dubrovina and journalist Elena Milashina in the lobby of the Continent hotel in Grozny, Chechnya. The human rights defenders were in Grozny for the court hearing of Islam Nukhanov.

 

Rights 
#Human Rights
#Impunity / Justice
Violations 
#Violence
#Physical Attack
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Russian Federation
HRD or Organization 
Marina Dubrovina
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24 June 2019

Five criminal cases opened against director of Ecodefense Aleksandra Korolyova

On 19 June 2019, the environmental rights organisation “Ecodefense” issued a public statement on the five criminal cases opened against its director Aleksandra Korolyova on charges of “malicious failure to comply with a court order”. The charges are linked to the organisation’s non-compliance with the discriminatory requirements of the “foreign agents law”.

Rights 
#Student Rights / Education
#Environmental Rights
#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Russian Federation
HRD or Organization 
Aleksandra Korolyova

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