Veronika Malinboym

Activists, police clash during protest against religious animal sacrifice in Tbilisi

Georgia

June 12, 2022

Activists against religious animal slaughter were detained in Tbilisi. Two organizers of the protest were detained by police after attempting to march to the Georgian Patriarchate building

‘Not a Gulag’: Russian prison administration calls for penal servitude to replace migrant labour

Politics in Russia

May 25, 2021

"This is not a gulag, people will work, they will be well paid" - the idea of sending prisoners to work on large construction sites in Russia is being discussed

Amnesty’s removal of Navalny’s ‘prisoner of conscience' status sparks Twitter storm

Alexei Navalny

February 25, 2021

Amnesty International stripped Navalny of his ‘prisoner of conscience’ status and cited some of his past statements. In one of them he refers to Muslim migrants from North Caucasus as “cockroaches”

‘Turning 14? Now you’re criminally liable’ – Moscow Investigative Committee’s bizarre video warning

Russia

February 20, 2021

Russian law enforcement authorities filmed a controversial video "Turning 14? you’re criminally liable" that explains exactly which criminal offenses can now land teenagers in prison