During a joint meeting with the Human Rights Council of Karelia SERGEI KRIVENKO, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, announced that members of the Council's "Standing Committee on Precedents" are monitoring the case of Yury Dmitriev, head of the Karelian branch of Memorial, against whom pornography charges have been … Continue reading Presidential council monitoring case
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To Prosecutor from Memorial
International Memorial SocietyKaretny Ryad, 5/10Moscow127006 Prosecutor of the Republic of Karelia185910 Republic of KareliaPetrozavodsk4, German Titov Street 16 December 2016 Dear Mr Prosecutor, On 13 December the local historian and public figure Yury Dmitriev was detained in Petrozavodsk. We have known Yury Alexeyevich Dmitriev for many years as a researcher into the … Continue reading To Prosecutor from Memorial
Historian Dmitriev arrested and jailed
The chairman of the Karelian branch of Memorial, Yury Dmitriev, one of the discoverers of Sandarmokh and a founder of its memorial complex, was arrested at his flat on Friday, 13 December. His computer and mobile phone were confiscated and the same day the adoption agency took Dmitriev's 11-year-old adopted daughter from school. The day … Continue reading Historian Dmitriev arrested and jailed
The Dmitriev Affair 