Dublin Protest outside Russian Embassy

11 February 202211 February 2022 / editors (JC)

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 travelled with DMITRIEV to Sandarmokh and learned of his work.

Yury DMITRIEV with Dr Michael Brogan (left) and Colm Brogan, 2012

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10 February 2022

Dmitriev awarded Franco-German Prize

14 December 202017 December 2020 / editors (JC)

“Every year since 2016, to mark Human Rights Day* [10 December], Germany and France have jointly presented the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law. Whether they be a human rights defender, a journalist or a lawyer: this award recognises the efforts of all those who work tirelessly every day to advance the causes of human rights and the rule of law,” wrote the website of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs a few days back.

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Anti-Stalin historian accused of paedophilia

18 July 201717 December 2020 / editors (JC)

A historian renowned for discovering mass graves of Stalin’s terror victims has been put on trial in Russia accused of taking abusive images of a child that friends and colleagues say are fabricated and designed to put a stop to his work (writes the London Times). Yuri Dmitriev, 61, faces up to 15 years in prison if he is found guilty of using his adopted daughter create the images.

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