Jessica Gorter My first interview in SEE NL about "The Dmitriev Affair" and the upcoming World Premiere at the Cracow Film Festival in Poland.
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Again, the same “experts”
The charge sheet against Oleg Orlov reveals that the phoney experts used against Yury DMITRIEV in both his trials have once again been 'consulted' and offered their unprofessional opinions. Writing for the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, Halya Coynash has this ... === Concern that Oleg Orlov, Co-Chair of Memorial, could face imprisonment for his … Continue reading Again, the same “experts”
Memorial raided, Oleg Orlov charged (March 2023)
The Russian authorities have carried out mass raids and searches of the office of the Memorial Society and its members, writes Halya Coynash on the website of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG). Orlov protest in central Moscow (2022)"A crazed Putin is pushing the world towards nuclear war" Veteran activist and Memorial co-chairman Oleg … Continue reading Memorial raided, Oleg Orlov charged (March 2023)
Reading the names: Sandarmokh 2022
For six hours on Friday, 5 August 2022, people around the world read out a seemingly endless list of those who were shot during Stalin's Great Terror in 1937-1938. Over six thousand men and women were executed at SANDARMOKH, one of Northwest Russia's biggest killing fields. I was asked to read some names where I … Continue reading Reading the names: Sandarmokh 2022
“We shall survive” (Dmitriev)
A letter from Yury Dmitriev Two days after being sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony, Yury DMITRIEV wrote to veteran rights activist Lena Sannikova. Recently she published an excerpt on the Facebook page of his supporters: “In my last words to the court I said I was proud to work with Memorial. … Continue reading “We shall survive” (Dmitriev)