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After the illegal and unjustified liquidation of the Memorial Human Rights Center, with the consent of its Council, our team continues the work of the Memorial Human Rights Center Support Program for Political Prisoners as an independent human rights project

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  • 31 Mar, 2025

    Мы считаем политзаключёнными четырёх свидетелей Иеговы из Конаково

    Александра Старикова, Алексея Кузнецова, Олега Катамова и Александра Щетинина приговорили к 6 годам колонии по делу об экстремизме

  • Mediazona 21 Mar, 2025

    “I am the accuser here—I accuse Putin’s corpse‑stinking clique”. Closing statement of dissident Alexander Skobov, sentenced to 16 years in prison

    1st Western District Military Court sentenced 67-year-old dissident Alexander Skobov to 16 years in prison

  • Mediazona 11 Mar, 2025

    Horror in My Home. Story of a Ukrainian woman Kateryna Korovina, sentenced to 10 years in Russia for donating $12 to Ukrainian causes

    In late February, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 28-year-old Kateryna Korovina, a Ukrainian from Luhansk region, to 10 years in prison for “financing extremism and terrorism

  • 06 Mar, 2025

    Women prisoners of the regime

    We have compiled an report about women who have been imprisoned for political reasons.

  • 05 Mar, 2025

    Support women political prisoners

    Raising 5800 EUR for legal and humanitarian aid to women political prisoners.

  • 18 Feb, 2025

    Support people persecuted for anti-war views | Big fundraiser

    Собираем 1,1 млн рублей для помощи политзаключённым, которых преследуют за антивоенную позицию. Деньги нужны на оплату адвокатов и сбор передачек. […]

    We are launching a €12,000 fundraiser for political prisoners persecuted for their anti-war stands to support them with legal help and food

  • 13 Feb, 2025

    Mykola Holubov is a political prisoner

    A Ukrainian has been convicted on a charge of justifying terrorism and sentenced to five years in a penal colony for online comments in support of Ukrainian soldiers

  • 12 Feb, 2025

    Aleksei Sivokhin is a political prisoner

    A Russian who fought in the Donbas on the side of Ukraine and gained Ukrainian citizenship has been sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony
  • 11 Feb, 2025

    Nariman Mezhmedinov is a political prisoner

    A Crimean Tatar has been convicted on a charge of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion and sentenced to eight years in a strict regime penal colony
  • 31 Mar, 2025

    Мы считаем политзаключёнными четырёх свидетелей Иеговы из Конаково

    Александра Старикова, Алексея Кузнецова, Олега Катамова и Александра Щетинина приговорили к 6 годам колонии по делу об экстремизме

  • 06 Mar, 2025

    Women prisoners of the regime

    We have compiled an report about women who have been imprisoned for political reasons.

  • 05 Mar, 2025

    Support women political prisoners

    Raising 5800 EUR for legal and humanitarian aid to women political prisoners.

  • 18 Feb, 2025

    Support people persecuted for anti-war views | Big fundraiser

    Собираем 1,1 млн рублей для помощи политзаключённым, которых преследуют за антивоенную позицию. Деньги нужны на оплату адвокатов и сбор передачек. […]

    We are launching a €12,000 fundraiser for political prisoners persecuted for their anti-war stands to support them with legal help and food

  • 13 Feb, 2025

    Mykola Holubov is a political prisoner

    A Ukrainian has been convicted on a charge of justifying terrorism and sentenced to five years in a penal colony for online comments in support of Ukrainian soldiers

  • 12 Feb, 2025

    Aleksei Sivokhin is a political prisoner

    A Russian who fought in the Donbas on the side of Ukraine and gained Ukrainian citizenship has been sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony
  • 11 Feb, 2025

    Nariman Mezhmedinov is a political prisoner

    A Crimean Tatar has been convicted on a charge of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion and sentenced to eight years in a strict regime penal colony
  • 07 Feb, 2025

    Ilkin Melikov is a political prisoner

    Ilkin Melikov and five other Muslims from Nizhnevartovsk are being prosecuted on charges of terrorism and trafficking in arms and drugs, based on dubious allegations of involvement in ISIS
  • 06 Feb, 2025

    Ivan Ladchenko is a political prisoner

    A St. Petersburg musician has been sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony for putting up flyers about the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Free Russia Legion

  • Mediazona 21 Mar, 2025

    “I am the accuser here—I accuse Putin’s corpse‑stinking clique”. Closing statement of dissident Alexander Skobov, sentenced to 16 years in prison

    1st Western District Military Court sentenced 67-year-old dissident Alexander Skobov to 16 years in prison

  • Mediazona 11 Mar, 2025

    Horror in My Home. Story of a Ukrainian woman Kateryna Korovina, sentenced to 10 years in Russia for donating $12 to Ukrainian causes

    In late February, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 28-year-old Kateryna Korovina, a Ukrainian from Luhansk region, to 10 years in prison for “financing extremism and terrorism

  • Mediazona 29 Jan, 2025

    The anti‑war lawyer jailed for a social media post. The story of political prisoner Dmitry Talantov

    Today, Dmitriy Talantov, a 64-year-old lawyer from Izhevsk, was recently sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army and “inciting hatred”.

  • Mediazona 21 Jan, 2025

    A women’s prison and the withdrawal of hormone therapy. The story of trans activist Mark Kislitsyn, sentenced to 12 years for transferring $10 to Ukraine

    Mark Kislitsyn, a 27-year-old trans man and volunteer at Centre T, a Russian initiative, has been actively assisting people in crisis in recent years

  • Mediazona 16 Dec, 2024

    Revenge for pacifism and a provocation in a prison hospital. The story of political prisoner Alexei Gorinov

    Mediazona’s Elizaveta Nesterova talks about Alexei Gorinov, a scientist, a city councillor and the first person to receive prison time for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army

  • Mediazona 12 Dec, 2024

    Azov POW Oleksandr Maksymchuk sentenced to 20 years recounts torture in Taganrog pre‑trial detention centre

    Last week, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ukrainian prisoner of war Oleksandr Maksymchuk to 20 years in a maximum security prison.

  • Mediazona 29 Nov, 2024

    Behind bars in the USSR and in Putin’s Russia. The story of dissident Marxist Alexander Skobov

    The number of Russians who find themselves behind bars for opposing authorities who launched the war with Ukraine grows by day.

  • Mediazona 11 Nov, 2024

    “A doctor cannot wish harm upon a child”. Paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova’s final statement in court

    In Moscow’s Tushinsky District Court, the trial of paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova nears its conclusion

  • Mediazona 25 Oct, 2024

    From a dining car to prison for 6.5 years. The story of political prisoner Mikhail Simonov, 64, a railroad worker who is jailed for two blog posts

    Mediazona reporter Elizaveta Nesterova tells the story of one such prisoner, 64-year-old Mikhail Simonov

Political prisoners

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Tishchenko
Ivan Sergeevich
Mayorov
Roman Vladimirovich
Политзаключённая Улькяр Гашимова. Поддержка политзеков. Мемориал
Gashimova
Ulkyar Asemovna
Vlasov
Andrei Valerievich
Battalov
Ilshat Nelevich
Burov
Anatoly Valentinovich
Korneev
Sergei Viktorovich
Ivanov
Roman Viktorovich
Юрий Геращенко
Gerashchenko
Yury Petrovich
Mustafaev
Server Rustemovich
Kurlov
Aleksei Sergeevich
Военнопленный Николай Чуприна. Поддержка политзаключённых. Мемориал
Chupryna
Mykola Petrovych
Kuzmichev
Andrei Vladimirovich
Lelikov
Aleksei Vladimirovich
Артём Репин
Repin
Artyom Olegovich
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