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Independent Russian Human Rights Reports and Analysis - page 5
Persecution of human rights defenders and activists: a submission to the EU Committee of Ministers in relation to Article 18
Rule 9.2 Submission on the implementation of the general measures in the cases no. 54003/20 «Kogan and others v. Russia» and no. 17912/15 «Kutayev v. Russia» prepared by the NGOs Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre and OVD-Info.30 July 2024IntroductionThis submission is prepared by the NGOs Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre...
Instruction for researchers working with Russian respondents. 2024
OVD-Info analysts have developed a Code of Ethics for social science researchers focused on Russia as their main subject. Here we have outlined the main risks and difficulties that one might encounter when conducting research for such a study. We pay special attention to the safety of both the researcher...
Guide on General Safety for Foreign researchers that plan to work with Russian participants
How safe is it to сonduct social surveys or have an interview if your participant is in Russia? What if you were labeled as foreign agents or part of an «undesirable» organisation? In this guide, we have collected the main principles of digital and general safety that will be useful...
Repressions Report. May 2024
Repressions against critics of the authorities, people who oppose the war, and violators of public morality, continue in Russia. OVD-Info tells about these and other important news in a new report.
Repressions Report. April 2024
The death of a volunteer who helped Ukrainian refugees, new criminal cases against «foreign agents» and a ban on a non-existent movement. OVD-Info talks about these and other important news in a new chronicle of political persecution.
Information on human rights violations regarding failure to provide medical care and ill-treatment
Information on human rights violations regarding failure to provide medical care and ill-treatment in the cases of Igor Baryshnikov, Evgeny Bestuzhev, Alexey Moskalev, Maria Ponomarenko and Lyudmila Razumova for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation provided by OVD-Info. Introduction OVD-Info is an independent...
Persecution of the anti-war movement report. May 2024
Twenty-seven months ago, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine. Immediately following the anti-war protests in the initial days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repression unfolded in Russia. OVD-Info continues to gather and analyse data on the persecution of anti-war expression in Russia and the annexed Republic of...