Russian Federation | Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion

Strategy of blatant abuse of counter-terrorism and extremism laws to destroy Russian civil society must end: UN experts

9 April 2026, GENEVA – UN Special Rapporteurs today condemned the continued strategy by Russian authorities to silence dissent, human rights advocacy and anti-war expression and suppress and destroy civil society in the guise of fighting threats to national security...

Russia’s repression at home and aggression against Ukraine demand justice, no lasting peace without accountability say UN experts

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24 February 2025, GENEVA – As Russia’s aggression against Ukraine enters its fourth year today, and discussions intensify about settling the war without Ukraine’s participation, UN experts* demand accountability and warn that without guarantees for human rights and...

Russia must confirm news of Ukrainian journalist’s death in custody: UN experts

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22 October 2024, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* are urgently seeking confirmation of reports of the death of Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist and human rights defender who has been forcibly disappeared since early August 2023 while reporting in...