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Russian Human Rights Council Chair calls to adopt law to protect journalists in war zones

10:48 01/08/2018 Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov believes it is necessary to speed up the adoption of legislation on journalists’ work in war zones.

Russian ombudsman calls for inspection of penal colonies after recent torture scandal

10:59 25/07/2018 Russian Human Rights ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has called for a complex inspection of national penal colonies following the public outrage sparked by a video showing torture of an inmate.

Russian Human Rights Council to draft concept of national action plan

16:59 20/06/2018 Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights will create a concept of the human rights national action plan.

Human Rights Council seeks for health protection steps toward Crimean terrorism convict

15:35 19/06/2018 Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has requested the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to take prompt health protection actions toward Ukrainian activist Alexander Kolchenko sentenced to 10 years in Russian prison for plotting terrorist attacks in Crimea.

Russian Human Rights Council turns to CoE, OSCE over journalist insecurity in Ukraine

13:30 01/06/2018 Russia’s Presidential Council on Human Rights has appealed to the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) over insecurity of journalists in Ukraine.

Russian investigators launch case over murder of prominent journalist Babchenko in Kiev

10:45 30/05/2018 The Investigative Committee of Russia has launched a criminal case over murder of Russian citizen, prominent journalist Arcady Babchenko, who was shot in Kiev on Tuesday.

Interethnic relationships in Russia normalized in last 4 years – human rights expert

15:41 29/05/2018 Data provided by sociological research indicated normalization of interethnic relationships in Russia within last four years, a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Alexander Brod said during a conference on prevention of extremism has stated.

Human Rights Council Chair attacks bill on penalty for anti-Russian sanctions supporters

10:53 17/05/2018 Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council on Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has criticized a bill on punishment for abiding by and support of anti-Russian sanctions in the country's territory.

State Duma not to ban import of medicines from USA as part of countersanction package

15:42 11/05/2018 The State Duma will not introduce ban on import of foreign-made medicines as a response to unfriendly actions towards Russia on the part of the USA and some other countries.

State Duma informs Russian Human Rights Council on development of animal protection bill

13:09 11/05/2018 The State Duma Committee on Ecology and Environment Protection has informed the Presidential Human Rights Council on its work on the bill aimed to ensure responsible treatment of animals, which is to be discussed by the lower house of the Russian Parliament in the second reading.

Head of Russia’s Human Rights Council criticizes bill on countersanctions against USA

17:41 28/04/2018 Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council on Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has opposed a bill prohibiting import of drugs and medical equipment from the United States.

Russian Presidential Council of Human Rights criticizes bill on minority languages

15:46 25/04/2018 The Presidential Council of Human Rights has expressed its concern over a bill that makes it optional to learn native languages of Russian peoples and state languages of Russia’s federal subjects.

Russian Human Rights Council asks European Commissioner to intervene in Odnovol’s case

16:59 24/04/2018 Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights has asked Council of Europe Commissioner Dunja Mijatović to intervene in the case of Yelena Odnovol, an activist of the Volunteers of Victory movement, who was arrested in Ukraine.

U.S. medicine import ban must not infringe disabled rights – Russian ombudsman

13:59 24/04/2018 Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has stated that the life quality of disabled persons must not decline because of probable prohibition of medicinal products import from the United States.

Russian Human Rights Council concerned over arrest of advocate Gaponenko in Latvia

11:39 23/04/2018 Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has expressed concern over arrest and detention of activist and leader of the Center for the Protection of Russian Schools in Latvia Alexander Gaponenko.

Russian ombudsman proposes to set detention term limits

16:36 17/04/2018 Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has offered the Federation Council to form a working group for developing a bill to set deadlines for detention of suspects and accused persons.

Copyright protection methods to change in digital era - Russian Human Rights Council

14:59 16/04/2018 Special features of the Internet and cyber-domain require fresh approaches to copyright protection and serious changes in legislation within the shortest possible time.

Russian Human Rights Council’s member denounces Telegram blocking

15:42 13/04/2018 Blocking of popular messenger Telegram in Russia is a result of a prolonged development of prohibitory legislation, a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Ivan Zasursky has said.

Russian Human Rights Council argues against blocking of Telegram

18:01 03/04/2018 Members of the Presidential Council for Human Rights have called the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor to refrain from blocking Telegram messenger in Russia.

Russian child rights ombudsman calls for creation of Internet monitoring service

14:29 03/04/2018 Russia's children's rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has called for creation of a specialized entity, which would be responsible for the all-day monitoring of information harmful to children.

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