Support for political prisoners.
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After the illegal and unjustified liquidation of the Memorial Human Rights Center, with the consent of its Council, our team continues the work of the Memorial Human Rights Center Support Program for Political Prisoners as an independent human rights project

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Support women political prisoners

Women prisoners of the regime

New political prisoners:

Political prisoners:

1578

since 2009

913

now

Who are political prisoners

Political prisoners

Number of figurants: 451

Other victims of political repression

Number of figurants: 13

Persecuted for anti-war stance

Number of figurants: 221

Persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses

Number of figurants: 125

List of persecuted Hizb ut-Tahrir members

Number of figurants: 172

All the persecuted

News

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07 Apr, 2025

«Support for political prisoners. Memorial» is 3 years old today!

Поддержите проект в наш день рождения! Нам очень нужна ваша помощь, чтобы продолжить свою работу!
03 Apr, 2025

Jehovah’s Witness Anna Safronova is harassed in the penal colony because of her refusal to wear a St George’s ribbon

Jehova's Witness was sent to a punitive cell, tortured, and now denied medical care.
31 Mar, 2025

Мы считаем политзаключёнными четырёх свидетелей Иеговы из Конаково

Александра Старикова, Алексея Кузнецова, Олега Катамова и Александра Щетинина приговорили к 6 годам колонии по делу об экстремизме
Mediazona 21 Mar, 2025

“I am the accuser here—I accuse Putin’s corpse‑stinking clique”. Closing statement of dissident Alexander Skobov, sentenced to 16 years in prison

1st Western District Military Court sentenced 67-year-old dissident Alexander Skobov to 16 years in prison
Mediazona 11 Mar, 2025

Horror in My Home. Story of a Ukrainian woman Kateryna Korovina, sentenced to 10 years in Russia for donating $12 to Ukrainian causes

In late February, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 28-year-old Kateryna Korovina, a Ukrainian from Luhansk region, to 10 years in prison for “financing extremism and terrorism
06 Mar, 2025

Women prisoners of the regime

We have compiled an report about women who have been imprisoned for political reasons.
05 Mar, 2025

Support women political prisoners

Raising 5800 EUR for legal and humanitarian aid to women political prisoners.
28 Feb, 2025

Ilya Florinsky is a political prisoner

A resident of Oryol has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony on a charge of making calls to engage in terrorism for videos published on social media
25 Feb, 2025

Tamara Parshina is a political prisoner

A software engineer from Khabarovsk has been sentenced to eight years in a penal colony on a charge of treason for transferring 2,500 roubles to Ukrainian funds

07 Apr, 2025

«Support for political prisoners. Memorial» is 3 years old today!

Поддержите проект в наш день рождения! Нам очень нужна ваша помощь, чтобы продолжить свою работу!
03 Apr, 2025

Jehovah’s Witness Anna Safronova is harassed in the penal colony because of her refusal to wear a St George’s ribbon

Jehova's Witness was sent to a punitive cell, tortured, and now denied medical care.
31 Mar, 2025

Мы считаем политзаключёнными четырёх свидетелей Иеговы из Конаково

Александра Старикова, Алексея Кузнецова, Олега Катамова и Александра Щетинина приговорили к 6 годам колонии по делу об экстремизме
06 Mar, 2025

Women prisoners of the regime

We have compiled an report about women who have been imprisoned for political reasons.
05 Mar, 2025

Support women political prisoners

Raising 5800 EUR for legal and humanitarian aid to women political prisoners.
28 Feb, 2025

Ilya Florinsky is a political prisoner

A resident of Oryol has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony on a charge of making calls to engage in terrorism for videos published on social media
25 Feb, 2025

Tamara Parshina is a political prisoner

A software engineer from Khabarovsk has been sentenced to eight years in a penal colony on a charge of treason for transferring 2,500 roubles to Ukrainian funds
24 Feb, 2025

Stanislav Shevchenko is a political prisoner

A resident of Adygea has been sentenced to four years in a penal colony for ‘justifying terrorism’ online
21 Feb, 2025

Dmitry Polunin is a political prisoner

He was jailed for 140 days on administrative-law charges before being convicted of espionage on a classified charge and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of unknown length

Mediazona 21 Mar, 2025

“I am the accuser here—I accuse Putin’s corpse‑stinking clique”. Closing statement of dissident Alexander Skobov, sentenced to 16 years in prison

1st Western District Military Court sentenced 67-year-old dissident Alexander Skobov to 16 years in prison
Mediazona 11 Mar, 2025

Horror in My Home. Story of a Ukrainian woman Kateryna Korovina, sentenced to 10 years in Russia for donating $12 to Ukrainian causes

In late February, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 28-year-old Kateryna Korovina, a Ukrainian from Luhansk region, to 10 years in prison for “financing extremism and terrorism
Mediazona 29 Jan, 2025

The anti‑war lawyer jailed for a social media post. The story of political prisoner Dmitry Talantov

Today, Dmitriy Talantov, a 64-year-old lawyer from Izhevsk, was recently sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army and “inciting hatred”.
Mediazona 21 Jan, 2025

A women’s prison and the withdrawal of hormone therapy. The story of trans activist Mark Kislitsyn, sentenced to 12 years for transferring $10 to Ukraine

Mark Kislitsyn, a 27-year-old trans man and volunteer at Centre T, a Russian initiative, has been actively assisting people in crisis in recent years
Mediazona 16 Dec, 2024

Revenge for pacifism and a provocation in a prison hospital. The story of political prisoner Alexei Gorinov

Mediazona’s Elizaveta Nesterova talks about Alexei Gorinov, a scientist, a city councillor and the first person to receive prison time for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army
Mediazona 12 Dec, 2024

Azov POW Oleksandr Maksymchuk sentenced to 20 years recounts torture in Taganrog pre‑trial detention centre

Last week, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ukrainian prisoner of war Oleksandr Maksymchuk to 20 years in a maximum security prison.
Mediazona 29 Nov, 2024

Behind bars in the USSR and in Putin’s Russia. The story of dissident Marxist Alexander Skobov

The number of Russians who find themselves behind bars for opposing authorities who launched the war with Ukraine grows by day.
Mediazona 11 Nov, 2024

“A doctor cannot wish harm upon a child”. Paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova’s final statement in court

In Moscow’s Tushinsky District Court, the trial of paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova nears its conclusion
Mediazona 25 Oct, 2024

From a dining car to prison for 6.5 years. The story of political prisoner Mikhail Simonov, 64, a railroad worker who is jailed for two blog posts

Mediazona reporter Elizaveta Nesterova tells the story of one such prisoner, 64-year-old Mikhail Simonov