Memorial has addressed an open letter to the Mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov demanding a public investigation into the reinstatement on 25 August of a text praising Joseph Stalin inside the Kurskaya metro station.

Memorial has addressed an open letter to the Mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov demanding a public investigation into the reinstatement on 25 August of a text praising Joseph Stalin inside the Kurskaya metro station.

On 24 June 2009 the Ombudsperson presented parliament with a her "annual report", the fifth in 11 years, which uses the results of monitoring on human rights in 2006-2007

On 24 June 2009 the Ombudsperson presented parliament with a her "annual report", the fifth in 11 years, which uses the results of monitoring on human rights in 2006-2007

On the seventieth anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, interpretation of this and other facts by Russia’s “History Commission” and how Russian history textbooks are to ensure “correct thinking”

On the seventieth anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, interpretation of this and other facts by Russia’s “History Commission” and how Russian history textbooks are to ensure “correct thinking”

The German and Soviet invasion of Poland was a prelude to a destructive war and the communist enslavement of Eastern Europe, 140 German intellectuals write in a declaration

The German and Soviet invasion of Poland was a prelude to a destructive war and the communist enslavement of Eastern Europe, 140 German intellectuals write in a declaration

Not one law enforcement officer was convicted of torture last year despite the fact that even the Prosecutor General is aware of cases of torture. The reason for such impunity is considered to be flaws in the entire judicial and law enforcement systems

Not one law enforcement officer was convicted of torture last year despite the fact that even the Prosecutor General is aware of cases of torture. The reason for such impunity is considered to be flaws in the entire judicial and law enforcement systems

There is a basic Kremlin decision: Russia has embarked on an information war. From now on, lies on television are no longer lies, but a weapon against the enemy.

Nine officers of the Chernihiv Regional Department for Fighting Organized Crime [UBOZ] are charged with exceeding their powers and using unlawful methods of criminal investigation

Nine officers of the Chernihiv Regional Department for Fighting Organized Crime [UBOZ] are charged with exceeding their powers and using unlawful methods of criminal investigation

On the day that Natalya Estemirova was murdered, Oleg Orlov stated that Ramsan Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic was responsible. The latter is accusing him of slander

Ukrainian experts confirmed yesterday that the DNA of skull remnants matched that of Georgy Gongadze, abducted in 2000. However Myroslava Gongadze is insisting that the forensic analysis be carried out by a forensic institute in the USA

Ukrainian experts confirmed yesterday that the DNA of skull remnants matched that of Georgy Gongadze, abducted in 2000. However Myroslava Gongadze is insisting that the forensic analysis be carried out by a forensic institute in the USA

The trial of former Vice President of YUKOS Vasily Aleksanian accused of tax evasion, will resume on 21 September in the Simonovsky Court in Moscow

Shortcomings in legislation, as well as the lack of political will. are a barrier to the development of civic society in Ukraine.

In Makiyivka the funerals have taken place of eight miners from the Kirov Mine who died on 23 August from an explosion. The State Committee on Industrial Safety believes that the explosion was the result of infringements of safety norms

During a roundtable held on 25 August entitled “The Crime of Genocide – Holodomor 1932-1933 in Ukraine”, the Head of the Security Service [SBU] said that investigators had received the stage of formulating the document outlining the charges