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There are 17 item(s) tagged with the keyword "human rights".

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1. "Rot Here for the Rest of Your Lives."

Mediazona takes readers inside one of Russia's most-feared torture camps for Ukrainian captives.

Tags: human rights, rostov, prison camp, prisoners, war in ukraine
2. Arrested for Rainbow Earrings

A young woman in Nizhny Novgorod faces extremism charges for wearing rainbow earrings. 

Tags: human rights, Nizhny Novgorod, lgbt
3. Under the All-Seeing Eye

The extent of Russia's surveillance may surprise you — and it's only getting more invasive.

Tags: dissent, technology, human rights, surveillance
4. Ministry of Justice: LGBT Russians Are Next

Russia's Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit to label LGBT Russians and their advocacy groups "extremists."

Tags: politics, law, government, human rights, lgbt
5. Russia's Anti LGBT+ War

Taking stock, ten years on from Russia's passage of its first post-Soviet anti-gay law.

Tags: families, children, marriage, human rights, lgbt
6. Russia To Ban Gender Reassignment?

A bill was introduced to the State Duma that would ban gender-affirming surgery and gender changes in official documents.

Tags: health, duma, social issues, human rights, lgbt
7. Served Uncivilly

An employee of the international governmental organization OSCE has been sentenced to thirteen years by authorities in Russia-supported Luhansk.

Tags: international relations, human rights, law, Luhansk
8. Excessive Restraint a New Norm?

Law enforcement in Samara has begun regularly using leg shackles for courtroom defendants.

Tags: prison, human rights, law
9. International without the Amnesty

“[This report] does not mean that Amnesty International holds Ukrainian forces responsible for violations committed by Russian forces, or that the Ukrainian military is not taking adequate precautions in other parts of the country. We must be very clear: nothing of the actions of the Ukrainian military, which we have documented, in any way justify Russia's violations.” 

                                   –  From a report released by Amnesty International
Tags: social issues, human rights, NGOs, Amnesty international, war in ukraine
10. Sexual Violence in the Ukrainian Invasion

Over one hundred cases of sexual assault by Russian troops have been reported during the invasion of Ukraine.

Tags: human rights, crime, russian military, war in ukraine, Ukrainians

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