Freedom
“I’m not afraid. So do not be afraid.”
Alexei Navalny discovered in remote Arctic penal colony
“The conditions there are harsh, with a special regime in the permafrost zone. It is very difficult to get there,” said Ivan Zhdanov, another Navalny associate.
Prosecuting the lawyers of Navalny
Since October 2023 the Russian government goes after Navalny’s lawyers, sending a scary signal to all people who support or intend to support the political opposition in Russia.
‘Defense is not complicity’
An open letter from Russian human rights group Pervy Otdel after the arrest of Navalny’s lawyers (Full transcript in English by Meduza)
Go find a lawyer! – Cynical Appeal from Russian Authorities, After Going After Navalny’s Lawyers
A German film about the work of Navalny’s lawyers (arte TV)
Memorial recognized the three incarcerated lawyers of Navalny as political prisoners
On the practice of torture in Russian prisons
After the Novichok poison attack on the life of Alexej Navalny, he dared to return to Russia and was arrested on arrival in Moscow. Arrested and than punished with a prison sentence of two years. Then it was lenghtened to 19 years. By October 2023 he is for 1000 days emprisoned. He spends most of the time alone in isolation from others. Recently his lawyers were arrested on charges of extremism too. He sits in a prison with widespread torture and the authorities tell him that they are preparing new legal trouble for him and that he should get himself a lawyer.
Dasha Navalnaya
Student and political activist Dasha Navalnaya is raising awareness of Russia’s authoritarian regime and campaigning for the release of her father, Alexey Navalny.
Dasha Navalnaya is the daughter of Alexey Navalny, the politician and leader of the Russian opposition to Vladimir Putin. Sharing the story of her father’s poisoning, persecution and current imprisonment, she details what it was like growing up under the watchful eye of government surveillance as her father led a decade-long investigation into the corruption of Putin’s regime — and shows why paying attention to what happens in Russia matters to everyone, everywhere.
Listen to a TED talk by his daughter, on behalf of her father and Russia.
Dasha’s good-bye message to her father.