Any settling of accounts – be they financial or political – can have nothing whatsoever to do with the children presently living and studying in the “Podmoskovny” Lyceum.

The victims of the brutal suppression of a peaceful demonstration in Uzbekistan must not be forgotten. Nor, however, should we forget those asylum seekers sent back in February to Karimov’s regime

On the eve of the first anniverssay of the massacre in Andijon, we pass on (and wholeheartedly support) an appeal from human rights activists in Uzbekistan to ensure that there is an independent investigation into the events of 13 May 2005 and that those responsible are brought to justice

“The circumstances of the case and the situation in Belarus leave no doubt that this was a political trial aimed at intimidating young people”

On the depressing and apparently incomprehensible plan fermenting in certain minds in Russia to erect a memorial to Joseph Stalin

Human rights activists, trade union and public figures, as well as politicians have come out with a united message of protest against the attack by the Russian Prosecutor General on the children’s home and lyceum in Korallova

The victims of the brutal suppression of a peaceful demonstration must not be forgotten

Around 12% of Russians unqualifiedly support the slogan “Russia for the Russians” - just one of the worrying findings from studies of public opinion in Russia

Call from human rights activists to save a children’s home founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky now under siege by the authorities

Plans to built a trading complex on the site of the Military Collegium, inextricably linked with repression and killing, have been stopped, however the next step is to create a museum of the history of the Terror

Recent monitoring of Russian TV suggests that Russian viewers are being fed propaganda depressingly reminiscent of Soviet times

“It is absolutely obvious today that the regime is afraid of us, and this will certainly lead to the collapse of the dictatorship”, Milinkevich said after the sentence was read out.

The former Economic Adviser to Russia’s President Putin warns that Russia has moved beyond the point of no return and has opted for a corporative state over which its nominal shareholders - the people - have no control

The mass protest in Minsk against rigged elections through the eyes of one of the activists on October Square now facing persecution. Help her and Belarus by letting her voice be heard!

Ukrainian human rights activists call on Belarus to stop the arrests and crushing of opposition and the attack on the last legal human rights organization in the country

An in-depth analysis of Russia’s economic and political objectives with the New Year Ukrainian gas crisis both as far as Ukraine is concerned, and in broader geo-political terms.