Topic
Foreign agents
13/10/2022
Published by Mariia Novikova at 13/10/2022
In early June 2022, the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in Ecodefence and Others v. Russia – a decision which representatives of 73 Russian non-governmental organisations had been expecting for nine years. The Court has finally recognised that the Russian Foreign Agents Act violates Article 11 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, i. e. the rights to freedom of assembly and association, and the Russian government’s application of the ‘foreign agent’ concept is arbitrary.
27/01/2022
Published by Vladimir Shvedov at 27/01/2022
Elena Shakhova is the Chair of Citizens' Watch, a human rights NGO in St. Petersburg, and a Board Member of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum. In a special interview for Legal Dialogue, Elena speaks to journalist Vladimir Shvedov about the situation with human rights in places of detention in Russia and how the pandemic has changed things and discusses a highly sensitive issue for Russian civil society today, the law on "foreign agents."
20/12/2021
Published by Vladimir Shvedov at 20/12/2021
In a special interview for Legal Dialogue, journalist Vladimir Shvedov asks lawyer and head of the Mass Media Defence Centre Galina Arapova about her vision of the present and future of Russian journalism, IT giants' policies concerning freedom of speech, and whether the “foreign agents" law can be improved.
28/06/2021
Published by Vladimir Shvedov at 28/06/2021
In an exclusive interview for Legal Dialogue, lawyer Tatyana Glushkova and journalist Vladimir Shvedov discuss the multiple forms of 'foreign agent' labels in Russia today and their implications for those affected.
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.
11/08/2017
Published by Legal Dialogue at 11/08/2017
Statement of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee1As agreed with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, we are publishing, in English and Russian, the statement published on […]
20/07/2017
Published by Yuliia Schastlivtseva at 20/07/2017
*This article is an updated version of the original piece published here on 20 July. A week later, the events unfolded in an unexpected […]
02/05/2017
Published by Alisa Ivanitskaya at 02/05/2017
The Russian Ministry of Justice has listed three groups associated with democracy activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky in its register of “undesirable organisations”1http://minjust.ru/ru/activity/nko/unwanted: the UK-based Open […]
19/04/2017
Published by Anastasia Chukovskaya at 19/04/2017
The status of non-governmental organisations and human rights watchdogs in Hungary will worsen in the near future. In mid-May 2017 the government will vote […]
29/11/2016
Published by Nikita Lomakin at 29/11/2016
An international organisation – the International Memorial – was included in the Russian list of “organisations performing the functions of foreign agents” for the […]
24/11/2016
Published by Anastasia Chukovskaya at 24/11/2016
In an interview for the Legal Dialogue, Márta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, talks about the shrinking civil space in Hungary as […]