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  • 20 Apr, 2025

    Eight years ago, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization

    On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a decision recognizing the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization and liquidated it.

  • Важные истории 11 Apr, 2025

    “We Will Imprison This One and Buy That One.” Why Are Scientists Being Persecuted in Russia

    The main task of the special services is to intimidate and divide the scientific community. They do not care about anything else

  • 07 Apr, 2025

    «Political Prisoners. Memorial» is 3 years old today! 

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  • 03 Apr, 2025

    Jehovah’s Witness Anna Safronova is harassed in the penal colony because of her refusal to wear a St George’s ribbon

    Jehova's Witness was sent to a punitive cell, tortured, and now denied medical care.

  • 02 Apr, 2025

    Vladimir Garmash is a political prisoner

    A resident of Krasnoyarsk Krai has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for damaging street recruitment advertisements for the war against Ukraine
  • 01 Apr, 2025

    Vladislav Poruchikov is a political prisoner

    A student from Taganrog has been sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony for allegedly trying to join the Free Russia Legion
  • 31 Mar, 2025

    Four Jehovah’s Witnesses from Konakovo are political prisoners

    Aleksandr Starikov, Aleksei Kuznetsov, Oleg Katamov and Aleksandr Shchetinin were sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of extremism

  • 31 Mar, 2025

    Danil Berdyugin is a political prisoner

    A student has been sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of attempting to illegally cross the border and join the Free Russia Legion
  • 28 Mar, 2025

    Sergei Temyashov is a Political Prisoner

    A blogger from Oryol has been sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony for publishing an anti-war article on VK
  • 20 Apr, 2025

    Eight years ago, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization

    On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a decision recognizing the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization and liquidated it.

  • 07 Apr, 2025

    «Political Prisoners. Memorial» is 3 years old today! 

    Поддержите проект в наш день рождения! Нам очень нужна ваша помощь, чтобы продолжить свою работу!

  • 03 Apr, 2025

    Jehovah’s Witness Anna Safronova is harassed in the penal colony because of her refusal to wear a St George’s ribbon

    Jehova's Witness was sent to a punitive cell, tortured, and now denied medical care.

  • 02 Apr, 2025

    Vladimir Garmash is a political prisoner

    A resident of Krasnoyarsk Krai has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for damaging street recruitment advertisements for the war against Ukraine
  • 01 Apr, 2025

    Vladislav Poruchikov is a political prisoner

    A student from Taganrog has been sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony for allegedly trying to join the Free Russia Legion
  • 31 Mar, 2025

    Four Jehovah’s Witnesses from Konakovo are political prisoners

    Aleksandr Starikov, Aleksei Kuznetsov, Oleg Katamov and Aleksandr Shchetinin were sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of extremism

  • 31 Mar, 2025

    Danil Berdyugin is a political prisoner

    A student has been sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of attempting to illegally cross the border and join the Free Russia Legion
  • 28 Mar, 2025

    Sergei Temyashov is a Political Prisoner

    A blogger from Oryol has been sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony for publishing an anti-war article on VK
  • 27 Mar, 2025

    Timofey Mokhnenko is a Political Prisoner

    A Donetsk-born Russian citizen is being prosecuted on charges of ‘inciting hatred’ and ‘calling for engaging in terrorism’ for comments about Russia’s war against Ukraine
  • Важные истории 11 Apr, 2025

    “We Will Imprison This One and Buy That One.” Why Are Scientists Being Persecuted in Russia

    The main task of the special services is to intimidate and divide the scientific community. They do not care about anything else

  • 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

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