Yury DMITRIEV, renowned historian of the Soviet Terror, Head of the Karelia branch of Memorial and Russian political prisoner has been named one of the new Righteous to be honoured on the European Day of the Righteous on 6 March 2024. Yury Dmitriev (b. 1956) (photo, Anna Artyemeva) This is the latest of very many … Continue reading Dmitriev recognized New Righteous of the Nations
Human Rights in Ukraine
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)
Russia lodges surreal claim against Ukraine in Strasbourg
DMITRIEV's recent problems can be traced back to 5 August 2014 when he denounced the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of east Ukraine at Sandarmokh during the annual Day of Remembrance. This spring, over five years after since his arrest in mid-December 2016, lawyers from Memorial submitted an appeal on his behalf to the … Continue reading Russia lodges surreal claim against Ukraine in Strasbourg
Brutal persecution of Dmitriev and foster daughter Natasha revealed
The verdict is due tomorrow in what a huge number of prominent Russians have called one of the grubbiest political trials in the country, writes Halya Coynash. Modern Russia has long been imprisoning people for their civic position or beliefs, but the case of renowned historian of the Terror and Memorial activist, Yury DMITRIEV, stands … Continue reading Brutal persecution of Dmitriev and foster daughter Natasha revealed
Punished for memorialising Sandarmokh
Russian historian Yury DMITRIEV turned 64 on 28 January 2020. It was his third birthday detained on charges that bear no scrutiny, and, writes Halya Coynash, his arrest coincided with the beginnings of a campaign to rewrite the history of one of the darkest pages of the Soviet Terror – the mass killing by quota … Continue reading Punished for memorialising Sandarmokh