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Russian human rights advocates keep track of Navalny’s health

Members of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights keep track of Alexey Navalny’s health condition and his treatment, according to the Council’s Chair Valery Fadeyev.

13:49 08.04.2021

Chair of Russia’s Human Rights Council opposes introduction of COVID passports

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Valery Fadeyev on Wednesday argued against COVID passports.

17:17 20.01.2021

Human Rights Council Chair ready to work with EU in health care and digitalization spheres

Chair of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev voiced his readiness to cooperate with the European Union in the areas of health care and digitalization in the course of his online meeting with Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation Markus Ederer.

16:02 24.12.2020

People behind online defamation must be punished but not jailed - human rights body’s head

Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights Valery Fadeyev believes that authors of defaming publications on the Internet must be punished with a fine but not with imprisonment.

16:28 15.12.2020

Russian rights advocates work on problem of denial of attorneys’ access to detention

Members of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights are working on the problem of denial of the attorneys’ access to their clients in detention, according to the body’s Chairman Valery Fadeyev.

14:44 15.12.2020

Head of Russia’s human rights body calls to capture mass grave definition in legislation

Definition of the mass grave site should be enshrined in Russian legislation, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Valery Fadeyev said during the mourning action Bell of Memory on Friday.

17:23 30.10.2020

Head of Russian Human Rights Council calls to faster put SMA cure on essential drugs list

Chair of Russia’s Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has asked the Russian Government to faster include Spinraza medication on the list of vital and essential drugs.

11:04 07.10.2020

Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council urges law on trade in disinfectants

Russia’s Human Rights Council is to present to President Vladimir Putin a report on measures needed to regulate the market of disinfectants, and to engage in the development of a respective law, Chair of the body Valery Fadeyev informs on Tuesday.

17:41 06.10.2020

Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council to protect digital rights of citizens

The Presidential Human Rights Council is to establish a working group on protection of digital rights of Russian citizens.

14:37 17.09.2020

Human Rights Council turns to U.S. Google office over YouTube blocking of Russian media

Chair 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

Russia’s human rights body keeps track of ex-journalist Safronov treason case

The 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

Human Rights Council urges government to set rules on COVID-19 treatment of homeless

Chair of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has urged Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova to pay attention to the problems faced by homeless people affected by benign coronavirus disease.

18:03 18.05.2020

Human Rights Council expects thorough probe in attack on Immortal Regiment website

Russia’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

Russia’s Human Rights Council urges Government to assist NGOs at time of pandemic

Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has turned to the Government urging it to adopt a package of measures aimed at protecting NGOs during the coronavirus pandemic in a letter sent by the Council Chair Valery Fadeyev to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

15:14 01.04.2020

Human rights council urges states closing air travel to help stranded Russians get home

Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights is concerned with the situation hundreds of Russian citizens have found themselves in as they are unable to return home from countries, which have closed air travel due to the spread of the coronavirus.

14:28 19.03.2020

Russian rights advocates seek Cabinet's support for SMA medicine public purchase bill

The Presidential Council for Human Rights is set to request the Russian government to support a bill providing for possible procuration of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) medicines at public expense.

10:55 12.03.2020

Russia’s HRC works on bill broadening use of mediation in criminal proceedings

The Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) is to present a bill aimed to boost the use of mediation in criminal proceedings.

15:49 20.02.2020

Human Rights Council and Association of Russian Lawyers Chairs sign cooperation agreement

The Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev and the Chairman of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Piligin have signed a cooperation agreement between two organizations.

16:01 18.02.2020

Human Rights Council Chair submits proposals to Working Group on Constitution

The Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has sent the proposals developed by human rights advocates to the working group on drafting proposals for amendments to the Constitution.

12:55 12.02.2020

Human rights advocates to discuss amendments to Russian Constitution

The Presidential Council for Human Rights will discuss amendments proposed by President Vladimir Putin to Russia’s Constitution on January 28, the advisory body’s Chairman Valery Fadeyev told journalists on Friday.

18:04 24.01.2020