Weekly Update No. 42

Rights in Russia: Week-ending 13 November 2015 [see also as attachment] Comment  Sergei Nikitin: “There’s clearly an attempt to find enemies where there are none” (Voice of America) 

Person of the Week  Person of the Week: Magomed Mutsolgov

Rights Group of the Week  Rights Group of the Week: Memorial Human Rights Centre

HRO.org in English  Statement by Council of Human Rights Defenders: 'We are Memorial'

Death of baby in custody: Police ministry finds 'no violations in actions of St Petersburg police’

Magomed Mutsolgov accused of “anti-Russian and subversive activities"

Quote for the Day  Heather McGill: "Closure [of Memorial Human Rights Centre] would be a huge loss for Russian civil society and would be another heavy blow against freedom of expression"

EU-Russia Civil Society Forum: "We find the accusations against our colleagues totally unacceptable, politically motivated and incompatible with the law."

Tanya Lokshina: 'It’s becoming crystal clear: targeting of human rights defenders is not an exception but the tactic of the Russian government.'

Hugh Williamson: “The allegations against Magomed Mutsolgov are outrageous and aim to intimidate and demonize him in the public eye"

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Our thanks to this week’s translators: Frances Robson, Joanne Reynolds, Kate Goodby, Suzanne Eade Roberts

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