Weekly Update

Rights in Russia: Week-ending 2 October 2015

HRO.org in English  Sergei Lukashevsky: 'It is not fitting for an organization that bears the name of Sakharov to blacken its own reputation'

Liudmila Alekseeva asks Putin to finally abolish 'foreign agent' law

Liudmila Alekseeva: I want to ask the president a question

Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre on Russia’s entry into war

Radio Svoboda hosts discussion about meeting of President Putin with members of Human Rights Council (video, in Russian)

Public Verdict loses appeal against inclusion in ‘foreign agent’ list

Arseny Roginsky on the toponymy of terror in Moscow

Liudmila Alekseeva receives Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize

Blogs  Russia on my Mind: Brinkmanship beyond the brink

Quote for the Day  Tanya Lokshina on the 'foreign agent' law: "The government disregards the facts in the service of this law, and the courts give their stamp of approval"

Nils Muižnieks: "The fine imposed on the Sakharov Center NGO in Russia for refusing to label itself as a “foreign agent” is unacceptable."

Person of the Week  Person of the Week: Mikhail Anshakov

Rights Group of the Week  Rights Group of the Week: Sakharov Centre

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Our thanks to this weeks translators: Frances Robson, Graham Jones, Jo Anston, Joanne Reynolds, Mary McAuley, Simon Cosgrove. 

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