Support for political prisoners.
Memorial

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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Dmitry Lyalyaev is a political prisoner

New political prisoners:

Political prisoners:

1533

since 2009

868

now

Who are political prisoners

Political prisoners

Number of figurants: 240

Other victims of political repression

Number of figurants: 3

Persecuted for anti-war stance

Number of figurants: 120

Persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses

Number of figurants: 0

List of persecuted Hizb ut-Tahrir members

Number of figurants: 1

All the persecuted

News

All news

18 Feb, 2025

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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
17 Jan, 2025

Vyacheslav Lutor is a political prisoner

Free Russia Legion
15 Jan, 2025

Aleksei and Vladimir Settarov are political prisoners

They have been sentenced to up to five and a half years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
13 Jan, 2025

Mikhail Antonenko, Gennady Buslov, Natalya Minenkova, Mikhail Sinitsyn, Zhu Yun, and Oksana Shchetkina are political prisoners

Six Falun Gong adherents are being prosecuted under the unconstitutional article of the Russian Criminal Code on ‘undesirable organisations’
10 Jan, 2025

Evgeniya Mandrygina (Shelkovnikova) is a political prisoner

A journalist from Krasnoyarsk has been given a custodial sentence of three years with compulsory work for ‘attacking’ a military recruitment officer
09 Jan, 2025

Nikolai Kolin is a political prisoner

He has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of treason and financing terrorism for sending money to an acquaintance in Ukraine
08 Jan, 2025

Yaroslav Vladyko is a political prisoner

A Ukrainian has been sentenced to nine years and ten months in a strict-regime penal colony for allegedly wanting to join Pravy Sektor
06 Jan, 2025

Anatoly Burov is a political prisoner

An activist from Vologda has been sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony for posting a video of a political prisoner’s last word in court on his Telegram channel
27 Dec, 2024

Dmitry Lyalyaev is a political prisoner

A singer-songwriter from Saratov has been sentenced to twenty-six months in a low-security penal colony for spreading ‘fake news’ about the army, making calls to engage in extremism and displaying prohibited symbols

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
17 Jan, 2025

Vyacheslav Lutor is a political prisoner

Free Russia Legion
15 Jan, 2025

Aleksei and Vladimir Settarov are political prisoners

They have been sentenced to up to five and a half years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
13 Jan, 2025

Mikhail Antonenko, Gennady Buslov, Natalya Minenkova, Mikhail Sinitsyn, Zhu Yun, and Oksana Shchetkina are political prisoners

Six Falun Gong adherents are being prosecuted under the unconstitutional article of the Russian Criminal Code on ‘undesirable organisations’
10 Jan, 2025

Evgeniya Mandrygina (Shelkovnikova) is a political prisoner

A journalist from Krasnoyarsk has been given a custodial sentence of three years with compulsory work for ‘attacking’ a military recruitment officer
09 Jan, 2025

Nikolai Kolin is a political prisoner

He has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of treason and financing terrorism for sending money to an acquaintance in Ukraine
08 Jan, 2025

Yaroslav Vladyko is a political prisoner

A Ukrainian has been sentenced to nine years and ten months in a strict-regime penal colony for allegedly wanting to join Pravy Sektor
06 Jan, 2025

Anatoly Burov is a political prisoner

An activist from Vologda has been sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony for posting a video of a political prisoner’s last word in court on his Telegram channel
27 Dec, 2024

Dmitry Lyalyaev is a political prisoner

A singer-songwriter from Saratov has been sentenced to twenty-six months in a low-security penal colony for spreading ‘fake news’ about the army, making calls to engage in extremism and displaying prohibited symbols

Медиазона 25 Jun, 2024

Political prisoner at 15. Arseny Turbin’s journey from pro‑Ukraine student to imprisoned “terrorist”

Mediazona examines how the investigation built its case against Arseny.