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President's Council for Human Rights

New Chairman of Human Rights Council appointed in Russia

17:07 21/10/2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order designating journalist and public figure Valery Fadeyev to the post of Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights.

Russian human rights advocates stand up for doctors prosecuted for medical errors

16:35 04/10/2019 The Presidential Council for Human Rights has asked Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to pay attention at cases of doctors brought to criminal responsibility for medical malpractice.

Russia’s human rights body seeks to declare businessman Ponomarev’s sentence illegal

11:57 01/10/2019 The Presidential Council for Human Rights has demanded to declare the 8-year prison sentence given to businessman Konstantin Ponomarev, known for his dispute with IKEA over rented diesel generators, for false denunciation illegal.

Russian penal colony for life convicts inspected by human rights council member

15:34 24/09/2019 A member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Andrey Babushkin has visited with inspection a penal colony for life convicts in the Orenburg Region known as Black Dolphin Prison.

Russia’s human rights advocates turn to Moscow prosecutor over Ustinov case

17:53 23/09/2019 The Presidential Council for Human Rights has asked Moscow Prosecutor Denis Popov to pay attention to the criminal case of actor Pavel Ustinov, who had been earlier found guilty of inflicting bodily harm to law enforcement officer during an unauthorized rally.

Russian human rights advocates welcome release of actor Ustinov from detention

17:00 20/09/2019 Russia’s human rights advocates on Friday welcomed release of actor Pavel Ustinov, who had been earlier found guilty of inflicting bodily harm to law enforcement officer during an unauthorized rally, from detention.

Russia’s human rights body to examine idea on amnesty for minor and female convicts

11:19 12/09/2019 A proposal of children’s ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova to pardon certain inmates including minors and woman having family obligations will be considered by the Presidential Council for Human Rights, according to the advisory body’s chairman Mikhail Fedotov.

Russian human rights advocates check reports on torture of Jehovah’s Witnesses

11:47 15/08/2019 Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has met in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area with the Jehovah's Witnesses adepts, who had earlier complained of tortures.

Rights advocates turn to law enforcement over journalists’ arrest at Moscow rally

15:44 09/08/2019 The Presidential Council for Human Rights has applied to Russia’s Interior Ministry, National Guard, Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s Office over obstructing media activity and arrest of journalists at unauthorized rallies in Moscow.

Russian Human Rights Council pushes for verification of voters’ signatures

14:11 30/07/2019 The Presidential Council for Human Rights asked on Tuesday the Central Election Commission to discuss an opportunity to include its representatives into working groups in case such groups are created for re-authentication of voters’ signatures cast in favor of candidates for membership in the Moscow City Duma.

Prosecutor General’s Office to check information about criminal prosecution of journalist

13:01 29/07/2019 The Prosecutor General’s Office is to check if criminal proceedings have been launched against Abdulmumin Gadzhiyev, a journalist of Chernovik newspaper, after the Presidential Council for Human Rights spoke in his defense.

Human rights council chair visits starving Moscow Region district ex-head in detention

10:54 26/07/2019 Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, has visited Alexander Shestun, detained ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District who has been on hunger strike for a long time.

Russian government did not support idea to develop human rights action plan - expert

17:15 16/07/2019 Russia’s government has negatively reacted to a proposal of the Presidential Human Rights Council to develop a National Action Plan on human rights, Chairwoman of the Standing Commission on NGO Development Natalia Yevdokimova has said at a press-conference.

Number of detainees drops in Russia – human rights advocate

15:12 16/07/2019 The number of people held in Russian detention centers has decreased, according to a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Eva Merkacheva.

Russian human rights body calls OSCE to cooperation in journalists protection abroad

10:53 25/06/2019 The Presidential Council for Human Rights of Russia has called the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to put heads together to protect Russian journalists working abroad in relation to an attack in Georgia.

Over 600 Russian psychoneurological institutions inspected by government order

17:56 24/06/2019 Unscheduled complex checks have been conducted in more than 600 psychoneurological institutions throughout Russia by instruction of the government, according to Deputy Chief of the Federal Labor and Employment Service (Rostrud) Ivan Shklovets.

Official malfeasance victims to be able to turn to charity fund

17:09 21/06/2019 The Committee Against Torture NGO has established a charity fund to help people suffered from crimes of officials.

Russian human rights council opposes decriminalization of drug-related crimes

11:32 21/06/2019 Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov believes that decriminalization of the Criminal Code’s Article on punishment for drug crimes is fraught with evident danger.

Russian human rights council welcomes court decision on Titiyev’s release

13:09 11/06/2019 Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights has welcomed a court decision to release Oyub Titiyev, the director of the republican office of Memorial NGO convicted of illegal possession of drugs, on parole.

Chechen residents complain of weak search of missing people to human rights advocates

14:22 18/03/2019 Residents of Russia’s Republic of Chechnya have complained about ineffective search of their missing relatives by the federal and republican authorities during a meeting with the member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Alexander Mukomolov.

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