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Russian Human Rights Council Chair calls to focus more on inmates’ rehabilitation

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has called to focus more on the problem of social rehabilitation of Russian prisoners.

15:59 06.08.2018

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

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.

10:48 01.08.2018

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

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.

10:59 25.07.2018

Russian Human Rights Council to draft concept of national action plan

Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights will create a concept of the human rights national action plan.

16:59 20.06.2018

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

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.

15:35 19.06.2018

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

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.

13:30 01.06.2018

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

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.

10:45 30.05.2018

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

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.

15:41 29.05.2018

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

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.

10:53 17.05.2018

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

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.

15:42 11.05.2018

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

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.

13:09 11.05.2018

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

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.

17:41 28.04.2018

Russian Presidential Council of Human Rights criticizes bill on minority languages

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.

15:46 25.04.2018

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

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.

16:59 24.04.2018

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

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.

13:59 24.04.2018

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

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.

11:39 23.04.2018

Russian ombudsman proposes to set detention term limits

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.

16:36 17.04.2018

Special features of the Internet and cyber-domain require fresh approaches to copyright protection and serious changes in legislation within the shortest possible time.

14:59 16.04.2018

Russian Human Rights Council’s member denounces Telegram blocking

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.

15:42 13.04.2018

Russian Human Rights Council argues against blocking of Telegram

Members of the Presidential Council for Human Rights have called the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor to refrain from blocking Telegram messenger in Russia.

18:01 03.04.2018