In late December Russia's Supreme Court ordered International Memorial to disband as an organisation, after 33 years existence. This morning Memorial's appeal against that ruling will be heard by the Court's appeals board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l0bW2COtzU Following that hearing Memorial has organised a concert against the war being waged on Ukraine by Russia's land, sea and air … Continue reading Memorial appeal hearing today; and an anti-war concert
Author: editors (JC)
Putin (not “Russia”) wants a war with Ukraine
Dmitriev appeal hearing set for Wednesday, 9 March 2022
A hearing of the appeal against Yury DMITRIEV’s conviction in late December last year has been scheduled for 9 March 2022 at the High Court of Karelia. Curiously, the old link to the case on the Court’s website no longer works. Instead, you must search for it anew and can only find it by tracking … Continue reading Dmitriev appeal hearing set for Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Dmitriev on Solovki, 2005
Sergei Bykovsky today posted on Facebook a photo of Yury DMITRIEV in 2005 at Mount Sekirna on the Great Solovetsky Island. Dmitriev's little foster daughter Natasha was christened on that trip. That year Yury DMITRIEV received the new Golden Pen of Russia award for his publications about the building of the White Sea Canal in … Continue reading Dmitriev on Solovki, 2005
Dublin Protest outside Russian Embassy
by Crew of the Northabout yacht and other Irish "Grandfathers for Human Rights" On Thursday, 10 February 2022, the crew of the Northabout yacht, which sailed through the White Sea Canal in 2012 and met Yury DMITRIEV, held a silent protest against his unjust and heavy sentence outside the Russian Embassy in Dublin. Crew members … Continue reading Dublin Protest outside Russian Embassy
