Fighting and torture continue to rack eastern Ukraine.
Evidence on the use of secret detention by Ukraine’s security services requires further investigation from the authorities.
Defining “political activity” may seem like an academic exercise, but in Russia, it is an existential one.
The Russian authorities’ attitude to refugees fleeing ISIS falls short of the compassion these people deserve.
A new Russian bill on ‘undesirable organisations’ has been endorsed today which will allow the government to ban foreign NGOs. But are they the real targets?
На фоне кризисной ситуации с правами человека в стране, сотрудничество Хьюман Райтс Вотч с российскими правозащитными организациями продолжает играть ключевую роль в отстаивании прав и свобод. English
Despite a hostile climate and many different challenges, the collaborations of Human Rights Watch with local Russian organizations continue to be the key for making real change. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on the Internationalization. Ру́сский
Central and western Ukraine may have elected a president, but the southeast of the country is a war zone, in all but name.
The amnesty, presidential pardon and resulting ‘celebrity releases’ might understandably overshadow the rest of 2013, says Tanya Lokshina. But it's far too early to suggest they underpin a significant improvement in the rights situation in Russia.
‘NGO’ has become a dirty word in Russia. The organisations most committed to helping Russia develop a meaningful civil society have become pariahs, branded as ‘foreign agents.’ Under the tightened screws, we are asking the question: ‘Do NGOs in Russia have any future?’
Anna Sevortian and Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch present a new week-long series on openDemocracy Russia
Three years ago the indomitable Natalya Estemirova was murdered in Chechnya. Her killers remain at large, and arbitrary executions of oppositional figures have remained a tool of power across the North Caucasus. Here, Tatyana Lokshina, Alexander Cherkasov and Igor Kalyapin, three of Russia’s leadi
