In a periodic report published on Friday, the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern about the racist speech used by politicians and neo-Nazi groups in Russia. According to the report,...
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The Russian Supreme Court on Monday upheld its ruling ordering the disbanding of the Jehovah's Witnesses. In denying an appeal by the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Supreme Court affirmed that their previous ruling will remain...
The Russia Supreme Court on Thursday granted the Russian government's request to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group. The court ruled that the group is an "extremist organization" and outlawed their activities in...
The Russian Supreme Court began hearings on Wednesday on a request to outlaw the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group. The Russian Ministry of Justice has named the group on a...
UN rights experts urge Russia to release peaceful protesters
UN human rights experts called on the Russian Federation Wednesday to release protest3rs arrested during a peaceful demonstration Sunday. Protestors gathered following allegations that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev amassed millions in a property portfolio through corrupt means. Dozens...
Russia Justice Ministry seeks to classify Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist group
The Russian Ministry of Justice filed a suit in the Russian Supreme Court Friday seeking to classify Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist group . The suit claims that the religious group is closer to a cult than...
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation annulled the 2.5 year prison sentence of Ildar Dadin, who was the first person to be convicted under a relatively new anti-protest law. Dadin was imprisoned in 2015 under...
European human rights court orders Russia to pay political activist
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered Russia to pay more than 63,000 euros for arresting Alexander Navalny multiple times between March 2012 and February 2014. The Court held that Russia repeatedly and unjustifiably...
The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement Wednesday expressing the government's decision to withdraw its signature from the Rome Statute, effectively leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In its statement, the government expressed disdain over...
Judges for the International Criminal Court (ICC) have approved an investigation into the 2008 Georgia/Russia conflict. Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda commented that the delay in ICC proceedings was prompted by independent investigations conducted by the...
