“He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]

19 November 202118 August 2025 / editors (JC)

Over the past five years Yury DMITRIEV has become known far beyond his native Karelia, throughout Russia and around the world. Dmitriev with his foster daughter Natasha, b. 2005 (photo Novaya gazeta) He has received prizes since his first arrest in December 2016, from the Moscow Helsinki Group and most recently the Norwegian Sakharov Award. … Continue reading “He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]

Award foils attempts to discredit Dmitriev

15 December 202015 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Russian attempts to discredit Yury DMITRIEV are proving increasingly futile, writes Halya Coynash. On 10 December the renowned historian of the Soviet Terror and head of the Karelia branch of the Memorial Society was named as one of the 15 laureates of the prestigious Franco-German Prize for Human Rights for 2020. Read More ...

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 … Continue reading Dmitriev awarded Franco-German Prize

FREE YURY DMITRIEV! (Petition)

28 April 202018 August 2025 / editors (JC)

To the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Karelian Republic Anatoly Vladimirovich Nakvas On 23 March 2020, Yury DMITRIEV, who is being held in a detention facility in Petrozavodsk, was sentenced to remain under arrest for three more months. This means that the peak of the growing coronavirus epidemic will find him in a prison cell. Yury Dmitriev is 64 years old. He has spent the last … Continue reading FREE YURY DMITRIEV! (Petition)

Free Dmitriev!

21 November 201916 December 2020 / editors (JC)

With this letter we join the hundreds of Russian intellectuals, activists and citizens who have expressed their full support for Dmitriev and for others targeted with arrest and other intimidatory acts for their part in documenting the history of the USSR. We call for Dmitriev’s immediate release. He must be allowed to resume his research … Continue reading Free Dmitriev!