Weekly Update NO. 40

Rights in Russia: Week-ending 30 October 2015 [see also attachment] Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: September 2015

Comment  Karinna Moskalenko: Have the secrets of the Nord-Ost case been uncovered? (Ekho Moskvy)

Zoya Svetova writes an Open Letter to Ella Pamfilova on the case of Oleg Navalny (Ekho Moskvy)

HRO.org in English  “Return of the Names” at Solovetsky Stone on Lyubyanka Square. HRO.org reports

Huge fine imposed on environmental group Dront in Nizhny Novgorod

Why has Komi Memorial Human Rights Commission decided to close down?

Appeals by Vitishko for sentence reduction and for parole to be heard shortly

Attacks on Nizhny Novgorod environmental NGO Dront continue

Remember the Date  Remember the Date: 30 October - Day to Commemorate Victims of Political Repression

Photo for the Day  'Bolotnaya Square' prisoner Aleksei Polikhovich released, 30 October 2015

Quote for the Day  Hugh Williamson: "The detention of a librarian for the materials in her possession is not only an assault on personal liberty, but on every person who cares about ideas and learning and education."

Tanya Lokshina: "Russian authorities unjustifiably separated a baby from his mother, gave her no information for almost a full day, and then told her family to retrieve the body."

Person of the Week 

Person of the Week: Natalya Sharina

Rights Group of the Week  Rights Group of the Week: Dront

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Our thanks to this week’s translators: Frances Robson, Graham Jones, Lindsay Munford, Joanne Reynolds, Simon Cosgrove, Suzanne Eade Roberts