Rights advocate turns to Foreign Minister urging help for Russian convicts abroadChair of the Coordination Council, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Council Alexander Brod has turned to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov seeking information on the measures the body undertakes to ensure health and safety of Russian citizens serving jail terms in foreign countries.18:08 08.04.2020
Russia’s Human Rights Council urges Government to assist NGOs at time of pandemicRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has turned to the Government urging it to adopt a package of measures aimed at protecting NGOs during the coronavirus pandemic in a letter sent by the Council Chair Valery Fadeyev to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.15:14 01.04.2020
Human rights council urges states closing air travel to help stranded Russians get homeRussia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights is concerned with the situation hundreds of Russian citizens have found themselves in as they are unable to return home from countries, which have closed air travel due to the spread of the coronavirus.14:28 19.03.2020
Over 500 violations and life-threatening tourist spots detected around BaikalThe Baikal Interregional Environmental Prosecutor's Office examined recommendations the Presidential Council for Human Rights presented basing on the results of its on-site session in the Irkutsk Region and undertook a number of inspections, which revealed large-scale violations of law in specially protected natural areas and touristic zones around Baikal.14:57 17.03.2020
Russian rights advocates seek Cabinet's support for SMA medicine public purchase billThe Presidential Council for Human Rights is set to request the Russian government to support a bill providing for possible procuration of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) medicines at public expense.10:55 12.03.2020
Rights of media employees violated minimum 13 times in Russia in FebruaryA journalists’ rights protection monitoring centre in February registered at least 13 cases of violation of rights of mass media employees in Russia.13:19 02.03.2020
Russia’s HRC works on bill broadening use of mediation in criminal proceedingsThe Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) is to present a bill aimed to boost the use of mediation in criminal proceedings.15:49 20.02.2020
Human Rights Council and Association of Russian Lawyers Chairs sign cooperation agreementThe Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev and the Chairman of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Piligin have signed a cooperation agreement between two organizations.16:01 18.02.2020
Human Rights Council Chair submits proposals to Working Group on ConstitutionThe Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has sent the proposals developed by human rights advocates to the working group on drafting proposals for amendments to the Constitution.12:55 12.02.2020
Human Rights Council to analyze why state bodies fail to implement President’s instructionsThe Standing Commission of the Presidential Council for Human Rights for economic rights and freedoms is planning to analyze the reasons behind failures of state bodies to implement Russia’s President’s instructions.12:36 11.02.2020
Two human rights advocates join Moscow police public councilMembers of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Andrey Babushkin and Igor Borisov have joined the Public Council of the Interior Ministry’s Moscow Main Directorate for 2020 – 2023.16:09 03.02.2020
Human rights advocates to discuss amendments to Russian ConstitutionThe Presidential Council for Human Rights will discuss amendments proposed by President Vladimir Putin to Russia’s Constitution on January 28, the advisory body’s Chairman Valery Fadeyev told journalists on Friday.18:04 24.01.2020
No referendum required to amend Russia’s Constitution – rights advocateThe renewal of the Constitution proposed by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin requires neither a referendum, nor convening of the Constitutional Assembly, a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Alexander Brod has stated.17:13 17.01.2020
Russian human rights advocates to work on proposals for Constitution amendmentsMembers of the Presidential Council for Human Rights have come into the working group on the development of proposals for amending the Russian Constitution.10:51 16.01.2020
Russian human rights body pleased with court ruling in rally activist Radzhabov’s caseThe Presidential Council for Human Rights welcomes a ruling to release Samariddin Radzhabov, a defendant in a case over using violence against a police officer during an illegal summer rally held on July 27.11:02 25.12.2019
Head of Russia’s human rights body backs Moscow summer riots case rulingsChairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Valery Fadeyev on Friday supported court rulings in the unauthorized Moscow rally cases.17:10 06.12.2019
Judgments in Moscow summer riots case must be adequate – human rights bodyCourt rulings in cases over violence against law enforcement officers during the unauthorized summer rally in Moscow on July 27 must be adequate to what was done, Chair of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Valery Fadeyev told journalists on Wednesday.16:17 04.12.2019
Case over police torture of 9 years ago opened in Russia’s Nizhny NovgorodA criminal case has been opened in Nizhny Novgorod over alleged putting a man to tortures in the regional anti-extremism police office in 2010, Igor Kalyapin, a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights and chair of the Committee Against Torture NGO, has told RAPSI.16:40 27.11.2019
Russian human rights body presses for adoption of domestic abuse prevention legislationThe Presidential Council for Human Rights deems it necessary to adopt a bill on prevention of domestic violence.16:13 25.11.2019
Russian human rights body to discuss stiffening sanctions for threats against judgesThe Presidium of the Russian Presidential Council for Human Rights will consider a question of toughening punishment for persons threatening judges with threaten with violence.15:46 12.11.2019