When will the verdict in the Dmitriev case come into force? (and the rulings about International Memorial and the Memorial Human Rights Centre) In posts issued, respectively, on 12 January ("What Next?" [R]) and 14 January 2022 ("What we are doing" [R]), the two Memorial organisations described what lies ahead and how they are coping … Continue reading January, February, March …
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Sergei Prudovsky vs. the FSB
Whilst we wait for the Supreme Court to continue its hearing of the case against the Memorial Society, and to decide whether it will make any response to Yury DMITRIEV’s appeal (19 October 2021), the court will today consider the case brought against the FSB by researcher Sergei Prudovsky. Thwarted by the Tula and Ivanovo … Continue reading Sergei Prudovsky vs. the FSB
Legal Action to Shut Down Memorial throughout Russia
Statement by the board of International Memorial "On 11 November 2021 at about 4:30 pm we were notified by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation that the Prosecutor General's office has filed a lawsuit requesting the International Memorial be closed down for alleged systematic violations of the 'foreign agents' act (reference being made to … Continue reading Legal Action to Shut Down Memorial throughout Russia
RF Supreme Court to re-examine Dmitriev case
In late June this year Yury DMITRIEV submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. On 30 June it was officially registered by the court. Yury Dmitriev at home in 2018, after a year in Remand Centre [SIZO] No. 1 (photo, Anna Artyemeva) On 31 August, the last day on which such … Continue reading RF Supreme Court to re-examine Dmitriev case
An appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
Lawyers from Memorial have submitted an appeal to the court in Strasbourg, asserting that the judicial proceedings in the DMITRIEV case have violated four articles of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The prosecution of Yury Dmitriev, head of Memorial in Karelia, is unusual in several respects. One, the investigation and hearings … Continue reading An appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
The Dmitriev Affair 