STANISLAV MARKELOV, Lawyer and ANASTASIA BARBUROVA – Journalist
20/01/2009
On January 19, 2009, human rights lawyer Mr. Stanislav Markelov and journalist for with the Novaya Gazeta, Ms. Anastasia Baburova were assassinated. Both parties were shot dead by a masked gunman in broad daylight around two in the afternoon on Prechistenka Street in the center of Moscow close to … [Read more...]
Assassination of Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and Anastasia Baburova, journalist
20/01/2009
Re: Assassination of Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and Anastasia Baburova, journalist To: Dmitri Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, and others From: James Tate Esq. Date: 2009-01-20 It was with great dismay and sadness that we learned of the assassination of human rights lawyer … [Read more...]
LARISSA ARAP – Journalist and Opposition Activist
02/08/2007
Reports indicate that on July 5th, 2007, Ms. Larissa Arap, a Russian journalist, opposition activist and member of the United Civil Front, was arrested and has been forcibly interned in a psychiatric hospital where, according to information received, she would be forcefully injected with drugs and … [Read more...]
Larissa Arap
02/08/2007
Re: Larissa Arap To: President Vladimir Vladmirovich Putin and others From: Darlene Kavka, LRWC Date: 2007-08-02 I write to you today on a matter of utmost urgency. Human rights defenders worldwide, are alarmed and disheartened to hear that Larissa Arap, a highly respected member of … [Read more...]
MIKHAIL TREPASHKIN – Lawyer and human rights activist
25/03/2007
Mikhail Trepashkin was sentenced in May 2005 to four years’ imprisonment in an open prison colony for illegal possession of ammunition and divulging state secrets. Amnesty International has reported numerous times since his imprisonment, which appears to have been politically motivated, that Mr. … [Read more...]
Mikhail Trepashkin
25/03/2007
Re: Mikhail Trepashkin To: Yury Ivanovich Kalinin, Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments, Russian Federation; From: Russell MacKay Date: 2007-03-25 This letter is a follow up to my letter of February 12th, 2007. I wrote at that time as a member of LRWC to express my deep … [Read more...]
Mikhail Trepashkin
12/02/2007
Re: Mikhail Trepashkin To: Yury Ivanovich Kalinin, Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments, Russian Federation; From: Russell MacKay Date: 2007-02-12 I am writing, as a member of LRWC, in response to information obtained from Amnesty International indicating that Mr. Mikhail … [Read more...]
STANISLAV DMITRIEVSKY-Executive Manager of RCFS and chief editor of the Pravozaschita newpaper
20/01/2006
Stanislav Dmitrievsky, Executive Manager of RCFS and chief editor of the Pravozaschita newspaper, a joint publication by RCFS and the Nizhny Novgorod Society for Human Rights (NNSHR). On January 11, 2006, Mr. Vladimir Demidov, Prosecutor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, expressed his firm belief … [Read more...]
Stanislav Dimtrievsky
20/01/2006
Re: Stanislav Dimtrievsky To: President Vladimir Putin From: Charles B. Davison Date: 2006-01-20 I am writing to you once again concerning the case of Stanislaw Dmitrievsky, who is on trial in the Nizhny Novgorod Region as a result of his having published statements of two Chechen … [Read more...]
Stanislaw Dmitrievsky and Bill Bowring
22/11/2005
Re: Stanislaw Dmitrievsky and Bill Bowring To: President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin From: Charles B. Davison, member of LRWC Date: 2005-11-22 I am writing to you at this time concerning the situation of Mr. Bill Bowring, who is a well-known and highly respected British lawyer known for … [Read more...]
