The Ideology of Analytic Art and the Principle of Craftedness

by Pavel FILONOV (1883-1941) “Painting is the universally intelligible language of the artist.” A picture suggests a single conclusion, which … More

Muslims on Faked Charges

By Yelena RYABININA and Svetlana GANNUSHKINA, The Civic Assistance Committee (2005) In many Russian regions there is currently a concerted … More

An interview with Anna POLITKOVSKAYA (2005) Index on Censorship took advantage of the presence of Russian — and other one-time … More

The Russian investigative journalist, who received an ovation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2005, was shot dead in … More

Dissident under the slogan “For Your Freedom and Ours”. “The glory of Soviet science is talked of loudly and at … More

Official secrecy surrounds the death penalty in Tajikistan. The picture that Amnesty International has been able to build is incomplete, … More

The events in the eastern city of Andizhan of 12-13 May 2005, resulting in the killing of hundreds of people, … More

Since its birth in 1991, the Russian Federation has introduced substantial reforms to its legal system. This report charts the … More

This 74-page study was part a project which culminated in a Regional Conference on “Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and … More

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

“Amnesty group arrives on unprecedented Soviet tour”, UPI 22 March 1989 “Tajikistan: Amnesty Report Attacks Cruel, Random Use Of Death … More

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

When you see what happened to them in the 1990s, the harsh years that some people spent as prisoners in … More