Independent Russian Human Rights Reports and Analysis - page 2

     Withheld medicine, denied treatment, left to die: how Crimean political prisoners are stripped of their right to medical care

Withheld medicine, denied treatment, left to die: how Crimean political prisoners are stripped of their right to medical care

Violations of the right to medical care among political prisoners in Crimea are systemic and often have devastating consequences: people’s health deteriorates sharply, some are left with permanent disabilities, and in the worst cases, prisoners die.
     Protests on March 29—what actually happened

Protests on March 29—what actually happened

“We went from space exploration to whitelists”
     Data on politically motivated criminal persecutions in Russia

Data on politically motivated criminal persecutions in Russia

Every day, we monitor criminal cases that have been initiated for political reasons. On this page, we have compiled information about these cases, visualized them, and provided tools for working with additional data that is updated daily.You can read more about which cases we consider politically motivated and what data...
     How Russia’s Rosfinmonitoring Terrorism and Extremism Watchlist Works. Live Data

How Russia’s Rosfinmonitoring Terrorism and Extremism Watchlist Works. Live Data

The “Watchlist of Terrorists and Extremists” maintained by Rosfinmonitoring was conceived as a tool for combating the financing of terrorism, but today it serves as important, albeit indirect, evidence of the scale of repressive practices in Russia. Each year, more and more people are added to the list on political...
     Repression in Russia in 2025. Overview by OVD-Info

Repression in Russia in 2025. Overview by OVD-Info

The state actively uses extremist and terrorist articles for politically motivated prosecutions and to construct an ideological framework.