We pass on an Urgent Action from Amnesty International - your help is needed!

The new amendments would allow the Russian security service to “liquidate” Akhmed Zakaev, granted political asylum by the UK in 2003 but accused by the Russian authorities of abetting terrorists

The law envisages harsh penalities for what is classified "extremism", with the classification not only broad, but also disturbingly loose and subject to interpretation

A reminder of those who need our active support

The author believes that Ukraine’ success as a democratic country would seriously undermine Russia’s increasingly authoritarian rule. By helping Ukraine, therefore, one will be helping Russia

The new provisions, if accepted, would do little to curb real extremism, but would seriously endanger civil liberties

Show your support for those suffering persecution in Belarus

An interview with one of those who opposed Lukashenko’s regime, and knows what to accept if he returns

"The Katyń case cannot be considered closed without establishing and making public the names of all those people who took part in this crime" - Memorial

We pass on the Declaration from representatives of the European Union on the request of the Belarusian Ministry of Justice to suspend the activities of the Belarus Helsinki Committee

Neo-Nazis continue to unleash terror in Russia

The Belarusian Helsink Committee is again under threat

More on the fate of Mikita Sasim, victim of repression in Belarus, with an appeal from Amnesty International to write both to Mikita and to the Belarusian authorities on his behalf