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Russia

December 6, 2020

Crackdown on journalists intensifies in Russia’s far east

Reporters Without Borders has condemned a growing crackdown on journalists covering a nearly five-month-old wave of protests in Khabarovsk, in Russia’s far east.
October 19, 2020

Targeting civilian infrastructure in Syria 'may be crimes against humanity'

Attacks on civilian infrastructure were apparent war crimes and may amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
October 9, 2020

Sulphur dioxide emissions fall in India as coal use slows

India is offering a glimpse of what reduced coal use means for air quality and health, says Greenpeace.
August 11, 2020

Support growing for ban on killer robots

Retaining meaningful human control over the use of force is an ethical imperative, a legal necessity, and a moral obligation, say campaigners.
March 8, 2020

Jehovah's Witness sentenced to six years in penal colony in Crimea

Since 2009, Jehovah’s Witnesses have faced persecution and harassment in Russia under the country’s 'counter-extremism' legislation.
February 10, 2020

UN concern at sharp increase of hostilities in Syria

Civilians continue to bear the brunt of hostilities and are killed even as they try to escape, says the United Nations.
February 1, 2020

Moscow court considers legal challenge to facial recognition technology

A large-scale facial recognition system covering the Moscow Metro transportation network is set to be fully operative by 1 September 2020.
January 10, 2020

Russian state bank sues Mozambique over loans arranged in London

Campaigners say the people of Mozambique should not have to pay one cent in debt arising from secret loans.
October 3, 2019

Campaigners win huge new nature reserve in Russia

Russia has established one of its largest nature reserves after two decades of campaigning by Greenpeace Russia and other environmental NGOs.
September 18, 2019

Human rights activism a 'minefield' under Putin's presidency, says Amnesty

Since Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency in 2012, new repressive laws and a battery of hostile actions have had a crippling effect on human rights activists and their work, says Amnesty International in a new report.