Monthly Archives: December 2011
Backlash: Other Russia Activist Taisia Osipova Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Taisia Osipova lenta.ru December 30, 2011 Backlash: Other Russia Activist Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Ilya Azar As 2011 came to a close, Other Russia activist Taisia Osipova was sentenced in Smolensk to ten years in prison for the sale … Continue reading
Filed under political repression, protests, Russian society
Petersburg Court Rejects Filipp Kostenko’s Appeal
Kostenko Loses Release Appeal By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times December 28, 2011 An appeals court on Monday refused to free Filipp Kostenko, who after serving 15 days in prison was sentenced to another 15 days last week in … Continue reading
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Khimki Forest Defender Yaroslav Nikitenko Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail
www.novayagazeta.ru December 26, 2011 Yaroslav Nikitenko, Activist with the Movement to Defend the Khimki Forest, Gets 10 Days in Jail Today The sentence was handed down in the absence of the defendant’s lawyers, witnesses, and journalists. The reason for this … Continue reading
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Left Front Leader Sergei Udaltsov Sentenced to 10 More Days in Jail
Udaltsov’s release has become one of the main tasks of the moment. This is not just a matter of countering repression and judicial fraud. Today, when we stood in front of the courthouse, whose front door was rudely shut in … Continue reading
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Petersburg Activist Filipp Kostenko Sentenced to Another 15 Days in Jail
memorial.spb.ru The Persecution Continues: Filipp Kostenko Sentenced to Another 15 Days in Jail December 22, 2011 On December 22, Judge E.K. Yermolina of the 153rd Judicial Precinct [in Saint Petersburg] sentenced Filipp Kostenko, an activist and employee of the human … Continue reading
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Femen: Kidnapped and Abused in Belarus
December 21, 2011 Ukrainian Activist Group Accuses Belarusian KGB Of Kidnapping, Abuse by RFE/RL A Ukrainian women’s activist group has accused Belarusian police of kidnapping and physically abusing them after they held a public protest against President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in … Continue reading
Petersburg “Law Enforcement” Continue to Persecute Activist Filipp Kostenko
Filipp Kostenko on the tenth day of his hunger strike memorial.spb.ru After fifteen days of jail and a hunger strike, Filipp Kostenko, employee of the Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center, a human rights organization, has not been released: the persecution against him … Continue reading
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Big Oil and the Arts (New Left Project)
New Left Project • 20 December 2011 A Social License to Operate by James Marriott In the wake of the news that several of major UK arts institutions have decided to renew sponsorship deals with BP, we present the first of two excerpts … Continue reading
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Solidarity Protest outside Indonesian Embassy (London, Dec. 20)
Press Advisory Solidarity protest outside Indonesian Embassy Today at 11am demonstrators will protest at the Indonesian Embassy in solidarity with imprisoned punks in the Aceh region of Indonesia. Several hundred punks and supporters are expected to block the entrance to … Continue reading
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Protest police killings of striking Kazakh oil workers! (London, Dec. 21)
Demonstrate – Support oil workers and their communities in Kazakhstan – Protest police killings at: Kazakh-British Chamber of Commerce 62 South Audley Street Mayfair London W1K 2QR on: Wednesday 21st December 2011 12 noon On Friday 17 December, the security … Continue reading
