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19/04/2018
Published by Yuliia Schastlivtseva at 19/04/2018
The Russian State Duma aims at to block websites containing false and defamatory information. Human rights defenders warn that its initiative could become an instrument of censorship.
12/04/2018
Published by Natalia Smolentceva at 12/04/2018
Access Info Europe defends and promotes the right to know on the European continent. We met with them in Madrid to find out what has changed in field of access to information since 2006.
03/04/2018
Published by Dmitry Shabelnikov at 03/04/2018
Seventy years after Raoul Wallenberg's disappearance in the Lubyanka prison, his family is suing the FSB for access to prison archives.
01/03/2018
Published by Natalia Smolentceva at 01/03/2018
All over Europe, digital rights are under attack, and numerous organizations are already advocating and going to court to protect human rights in the digital sphere. To facilitate collaboration between digital rights actors and provide funds for strategic litigation for that cause, Digital Freedom Fund was established in Berlin.
19/02/2018
Published by Dmitry Shabelnikov at 19/02/2018
Polish law professor Monika Platek reflects on the controversial Polish law on criminal liability for publicly implicating the state or people of Poland in Nazi crimes.
15/02/2018
Published by Yuliia Ostrovskaya at 15/02/2018
"Foreign agents" law now enforced against Russian trade unions.
13/02/2018
Published by Stanislav Kuvaldin at 13/02/2018
Poland outlaws public mention of the "Polish people or State's responsibility for the Third Reich’s crimes."
09/02/2018
Published by Legal Dialogue at 09/02/2018
How the government uses the law to repress Hungary's civic spirit. Joint statement of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Hungarian Civil Liberties Union.
05/02/2018
Published by Damir Gainutdinov at 05/02/2018
A case initiated by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) against Telegram messenger last summer was the Russian authorities’ first demonstrative attack on digital […]
01/02/2018
Published by Dmitry Shabelnikov at 01/02/2018
On 4 January 2018, two men, both Russian nationals, were legally married in Copenhagen, Denmark. On 25 January 2018, after returning to Moscow, they […]
29/01/2018
Published by Sergey Shapkhaev at 29/01/2018
External threats and their perceptions tend to reflect differences between a society’s various segments and groups—which, in turn, stem from problems on local, regional […]
17/01/2018
Published by Yuliia Schastlivtseva at 17/01/2018
Ahead of “weekend protests” that customarily take place in Moscow, OVD-Info sends out an email to subscribers with information, including useful recommendations and links […]