Novgorod Oblast: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news | OVD-Info

20.10.2025

Novgorod Oblast

The head of the Uzbek community association, previously convicted over a meme featuring roosters, has been sentenced to almost two more years in a penal colony.

03.09.2025

Novgorod Oblast

Two residents of Novgorod Region have been convicted in cases involving donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

02.09.2025

Novgorod Oblast

The head of the Uzbek community association, who was convicted over a social media post about the military, has been hospitalised directly from the courthouse.

02.08.2025

Novgorod Oblast

The prisoner convicted in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case was transferred out of Novgorod region after the prison colony was dissolved.

01.08.2025

Novgorod Oblast

In Novgorod Region, an activist who called an investigator a “scoundrel” has been fined 25,000 roubles (US$275).

28.07.2025

Novgorod Oblast

A Jehovah’s Witness from the Pskov region has been transferred to another prison colony.

16.07.2025

Novgorod Oblast

A Tajikistani national convicted in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case has been transferred from a penal colony to a prison.

08.07.2025

Kaliningrad Oblast,

Republic of Karelia,

Mari El Republic,

Novgorod Oblast

Searches are being carried out across various regions of Russia at the homes of journalists, human rights defenders and activists.