Crimean human rights activist Riza Izetov, sentenced to 19 years in prison in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, has been kept in a punishment cell on the territory of Penal Colony No. 1 in Yakutia for more than a month. This was reported by Crimean Solidarity with reference to the man’s mother, Nadie Izetova. The woman received a letter from her son in which he talked about being placed in a punishment cell and problems with receiving the package.

Police detained a 34-year-old resident of Ust-Kut because of a video in which she criticized the “Glory to the Heroes of Russia” banner depicting a Russian military man who died in Ukraine. This was reported on January 10 by the telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Irkutsk region. ""Glory to the heroes of Russia!" <…> Question: why the hell do I have this kind of glory that I saw in a coffin? I don’t even understand what the hell is all this glory?

After the denunciation of pro-government activists, the Eksmo publishing house announced the withdrawal from sale of the book by the writer Tilar Mazzeo, “Irena’s Children,” which tells the story of a member of the Polish Resistance who saved children from the Warsaw ghetto. The book was removed from sale after a post by the Telegram channel “Cultural Front Z”. They called on “the competent authorities to pay attention” to Eksmo and the bookstores that sell this book.

Russian version For Russian civil society, the year 2024, like the previous two years, was marked by the unrelenting war waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Domestically, political persecutions continued throughout the year. The patterns from previous years remained unchanged: direct targeting of individuals, persecution of vulnerable groups and the adoption of repressive laws.