Damelya Aitkhozhina

@Damelya_HRW

Human rights lawyer. Researcher Standard disclaimers apply.

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  1. Nov 23

    «Власти любят говорить о мигранте как о преступной фигуре, когда надо перевести стрелки на кого-то. Мигрант заранее подозреваемый, даже если он еще ничего не совершил… А если это звучит сверху, то это подхватывают и снизу»

    Правда ли мигранты настолько опасны, как о них говорят? Опровергаем мифы с помощью данных
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    Nov 11

    Thoroughly Orwellian moment in 🇷🇺prosecutor’s petition to have Memorial liquidated is where it says Memorial violated int’l human rights treaties, including the article on the right to freedom of expression. For failing to mark itself as “foreign agent”

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    Nov 8

    Феминистка Дарья Серенко написала в Facebook, что национальность преступников упоминается СМИ, только если они не русские. После этого ее соцсети взломали, в сеть слили домашний адрес и пообещали убить. За 6 часов девушке поступило около 600 угроз.

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    Oct 16

    Thugs attacked Russian rights group Memorial during screening of film about famine in 1930’s Ukraine. Police came, and then locked Memorial + audience inside. Lawyer had to crawl thru window to get inside. As told to

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  5. Oct 15

    On Thursday, Viacheslav Yegorov, an activist in Kolomna to 15 mths in prison for peaceful protests in 2018 against “imported” Moscow trash Less than a week earlier UN HRC recognized the right to a healthy environment as a universal human right 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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  6. Oct 14

    Viachelslav Yegorov was sentenced to 15 months in jail for peaceful protests against “import” of giant amounts of Moscow trash to landfill in his hometown of Kolomna in 2018 Sadly, standing up for safe and healthy environment can land activists in jail

    ❗️Лидера "мусорного протеста" Вячеслава Егорова приговорили к 15 месяцам лишения свободы. Он выступал против организации свалки в его родном городе Коломне. Вынесение вердикта растянулось на шесть часов
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  7. Oct 14

    According to preliminary reports, police did not arrest them, but instead blocked Memorial’s staff inside and then took some of them in for questioning Somebody (presumably police) locked the entrance door of Memorial with handcuffs

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  8. Oct 14

    Vigilante attack on one of Russia’s oldest and most prominent groups - Memorial The masked men interrupted the screening of a movie abt Stalin’s repression’s and 1930’s famine in Ukraine

    Неизвестные ворвались в офис «Мемориала» с криками «позор», сорвав показ фильма о сталинских репрессиях
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    Oct 7

    Friday, the will recognize for the first time that a healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. A few countries, like the UK, US and Russia, are on the wrong side of history on this - but that doesn't change the fact that this is a historic moment.

    Britain and the United States are among a few countries withholding support for a proposal brought at the United Nations that would recognize access to a safe and healthy environment as a human right 1/5
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    Sep 25

    Я получаю тревожные сообщения о том, что защитница прав мигрантов Валентина Чупик лишена российскими властями статуса беженца и находится под угрозой депортации из аэропорта Шереметьево, что является потенциальным нарушением принципа недопущения принудительного возвращения

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    Sep 25

    Receiving worrying reports that migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik has been stripped of her refugee status by the Russian authorities & is at immediate risk of deportation from Sheremetyevo Airport, in potential violation of the principle of non-refoulement

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    Sep 16

    Very brave, . On the eve of nationwide elections and hours after being summoned for a spanking by Russia’s Federation Council, the company suspended Private Relay service in the country.

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    Sep 17

    Kommersant says it has details about yesterday’s showdown btwn apple, google and Russian senators - the pretext to today’s blocking of Navalny app. Says tech giants told they “had crossed red line” & were threatened with criminal prosecutions.

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  14. Aug 31

    Just yesterday, a comic who tried to shed a light on and joke about xenophobia and racism in Russia was banned from country for life (after receiving threats, surviving an assault and spending 10 days in jail for the same joke) Read more abt his case here:

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  15. Aug 31

    Yet the Russian authorities prefer to talk about racism in other countries while turning a blind eye to its persistence in Russia.

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  16. Aug 31

    Restaurant chain Tanuki is under attack from organized groups of bigots for featuring a Black model in their ads. Earlier, another food delivery service was forced to apologize and retract an ad featuring a Black model after similar coordinated attack from the same group.

    After coming under attack by a far-right hate group, the Russian restaurant chain “Tanuki” has refused to take down its ads featuring a Black model.
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    Aug 31

    The ECHR ruled that Russia has failed to effectively investigate the 2009 murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova.

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    Aug 31

    Russia is expelling Afghans who arrived in the country before the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. In July, regional officials deported a 12-y-old girl and her family, who had fled Afghanistan after the Taliban tried to force the child into a marriage.

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    Aug 30

    Russian authorities jailed, then expelled comic over offensive joke. After he got thousands of threats & was assaulted for it. Officials should start public dialogue abt racism in Russia & stop scapegoating those who criticize it. New

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    Aug 31

    In an outrageous move, the Russian Interior Ministry has banned a stand-up comedian, Idrak Mirzalizade, from 🇷🇺Russia for life, over a joke. You read that right... Dispatch by 👇

    Idrak Mirzalizade, June 2021. © Idrak Mirzalizade/YouTube
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