Russian human rights movement

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human rights movement social movement

The Russian human rights movement is a network of activists, organizations, and initiatives dedicated to defending civil liberties, political freedoms, and the rule of law in Russia, often in the face of state pressure and repression.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet Dissent: Contemporary Movements for National, Religious, and Human Rights	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human rights movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
activitiesInclude	advocacy at international organizations ⓘ documentation of Soviet-era repression ⓘ legal aid to victims of abuses ⓘ monitoring of human rights violations ⓘ public reporting ⓘ strategic litigation ⓘ support for political prisoners ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
focusesOn	civil liberties ⓘ human rights ⓘ political freedoms ⓘ rule of law ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	network of organizations and individuals ⓘ often under state pressure ⓘ subject to closure of organizations ⓘ subject to criminal prosecution of activists ⓘ subject to legal harassment ⓘ subject to police raids ⓘ subject to smear campaigns ⓘ
hasOpposingActor	Russian government NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian security services NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRoots	Moscow Helsinki Group founded in 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet dissident movement ⓘ
includes	Agora International Human Rights Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Civic Assistance Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Committee Against Torture NERFINISHED ⓘ For Human Rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Golos Association NERFINISHED ⓘ Human Rights Center Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ Moscow Helsinki Group NERFINISHED ⓘ OVD-Info NERFINISHED ⓘ Public Verdict Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ SOVA Center for Information and Analysis NERFINISHED ⓘ Soldiers’ Mothers Committees NERFINISHED ⓘ Yabloko human rights activists ⓘ
legalEnvironment	foreign agents law in Russia ⓘ undesirable organizations law in Russia ⓘ
monitoredBy	international human rights organizations ⓘ
opposes	arbitrary detention ⓘ censorship ⓘ electoral fraud ⓘ persecution of civil society activists ⓘ persecution of journalists ⓘ persecution of political opposition ⓘ political repression in Russia ⓘ torture ⓘ
receivesSupportFrom	diaspora activists ⓘ foreign human rights organizations ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Svetlana Gannushkina → movement → Russian human rights movement ⓘ

Lyudmila Alexeyeva → wrote → Russian human rights movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Dissent: Contemporary Movements for National, Religious, and Human Rights