Wanted: workers for the new Ministry of Truth

by Boris KAGARLITSKY (1993) Boris Kagarlitsky is a writer and member of the Party of Labour in Russia. In 1982 … More

From Marjorie’s letters to Irina (1992-1994)

… I’m back at Amnesty for three days, writing a report of my time in Moscow. I’m struck by the … More

Short Story (1990) Black people lived on one side of the row and white people on the other, with their … More

In spring this year [1992] I returned from 15 months’ living in Moscow, where I set up the first office … More

Someone once said that we judge ourselves by our intentions and other people by their actions. Other people tend to … More

by Marjorie FARQUHARSON, 1991-1992 The diary Marjorie kept as she was establishing Amnesty International’s Office in Moscow, a unique venture … More

In Moscow, at the dacha, teaching human rights …

For over 25 years, Kronid Lyubarsky was one of the driving forces behind the human rights movement in Russia. His … More

I recently spent time in a Moscow hospital. The medicine was plentiful, the care round-the-clock, and as a foreigner I … More