Russian Human Rights Council member urges Foreign Ministry stand up for Ukrainian activistThe case of Ukrainian activist, pedagogue Tatyana Kuzmich, charged with treason, is a next step in elimination of everything Russian in Ukraine, according to member of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Alexander Brod.12:28 25.08.2020
Human Rights Council turns to U.S. Google office over YouTube blocking of Russian mediaChair of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has sent a letter to the U.S. Google office asking to clarify the reasons behind blockings of YouTube channels run by Russian mass media outlets.16:24 18.08.2020
Human Rights Council urges Foreign Ministry negotiate release of journalists arrested in MinskRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has urged the Foreign Ministry to voice its official protest against arrests of Russian journalists in Belarus and immediately start negotiations on their release.17:37 10.08.2020
Human rights body member to apply to Sri Lankan envoy over Russians arrested on islandMember of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council Standing Commission on International Cooperation in Human Rights Alexander Brod is going to send an application to a Sri Lankan envoy in defense of the rights of Russians arrested on the island on the insect collection allegations.15:43 06.08.2020
Russia’s rights activist urges probe into desecration of WW2 memorial in PolandMember of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council Standing Commission on International Cooperation in Human Rights Alexander Brod believes Russia’s Investigative Committee must react to the desecration of a memorial of Soviet Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky in Poland.16:14 05.08.2020
Presidential Human Rights Council urges aid to persons facilitating fight against COVID-19The Government needs to think over an extension of support measures to persons facilitating the combat doctors and medical establishments wage against the pandemic, according to members of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council.14:49 27.07.2020
Foreigners seek for Russian rights advocates’ help in return of surrogate mothers’ kidsForeign families, who cannot take their surrogate mothers’ children, have applied for help to Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights.16:21 23.07.2020
Protection of Media Rights monitor reports on violations detected during pandemicHigher incidence of attempts to sanction journalists for allegedly fake news, even in some cases where the respective information was later proved to be true, has been registered amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the press service of the Presidential Council for Human Rights citing the data presented by the Protection of Media Rights monitoring center.15:01 16.07.2020
Russia’s human rights body keeps track of ex-journalist Safronov treason caseThe Presidential Council for Human Rights watches the development of a case against advisor of the Roscosmos state corporation’s CEO and ex-journalist of Kommersant newspaper Ivan Safronov.15:26 08.07.2020
Rights advocates urge MPs to reject bill on use of national parks for business purposesRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has urged the State Duma to reject a bill envisaging that the status of land plots in national parks could be changed. The rights activists believe if approved the document in its present version will bring destruction of special protection national territories.14:06 22.06.2020
Presidential Human Rights Council to monitor voting on amendments to ConstitutionRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has established an ad hoc working group to monitor the process of voting on the amendments to be introduced in the national Constitution.16:20 09.06.2020
Human Rights Council expects thorough probe in attack on Immortal Regiment websiteRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council hopes that investigation of an incident affecting the online Immortal Regiment event and some other websites commemorating heroes of the Great Patriotic War will be swift, thorough and objective one, according to the body’s Chair Valery Fadeyev.14:59 15.05.2020
Russian Journalists’ Union urges to add media to list of industries suffered from pandemicA member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights and Chair of the Russian Union of Journalists Vladimir Solovyev states it necessary to include mass media in the list of industries seriously suffered from the coronavirus pandemic.15:06 12.05.2020
Russian police report decrease in number of detentions during COVID-19 pandemicAt times of the coronavirus pandemic police investigative bodies are oriented to mostly apply non-custodial restrictive measures against persons suspected and accused of non-serious crimes, the press service of the Presidential Council for Human Rights reports citing acting Deputy Interior Minister Nikolay Patapenya.11:07 07.05.2020
Public monitoring commissions to be able to monitor mental hospitals – orderThe Ministry of Healthcare has approved an order of visiting psychiatric hospitals by the members of public monitoring commissions.10:27 06.05.2020
Russian rights advocates push for more releases on parole during pandemicMembers of the Presidential Council for Human Rights plan to turn to the Supreme Court of Russia with the request to recommend courts to extend the practice of releases on parole during the coronavirus pandemic.14:34 23.04.2020
Rights advocate urges to engage NGOs in civil oversight of penitentiary establishmentsChair of the standing commission on civic participation in oversight of law enforcement bodies of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council, Chair of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture Igor Kalyapin finds it necessary to engage not-for-profit organizations in the work of torture prevention mechanisms alongside the institution of Ombudsman.13:19 17.04.2020
Rights advocate urges U.S. Ambassador to assist in bringing schoolchildren back to RussiaChair of the Presidential Human Rights Council's standing commission on international cooperation in the sphere of human rights Alexander Brod has turned to U.S. Ambassador in Russia John Sullivan on behalf of NGO Lawyers for Human Rights and Dignified Life seeking his assistance in returning back home Russian schoolchildren.13:43 15.04.2020
Russian rights advocates urge measures preventing riots in prisons and detention centersRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has voiced its opinion that courts need to resume hearings on paroles, mitigating of punishments and transfers to corrective labor in order to bar riots in detention facilities.15:53 13.04.2020
Foreign Ministry informs rights advocates of Russian inmates jailed abroadThe Foreign Ministry on Thursday submitted information on the number of Russian convicts serving sentences in foreign prisons to the Presidential Council for Human Rights.16:53 09.04.2020