Freedom for seriously ill political prisoners

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Start of the project - 12.2024
1 437 signatures collected as of today
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Campaign for the release of critically ill political prisoners

There are hundreds of political prisoners with serious illnesses in Russian prisons and pretrial detention centers. They are denied medical care despite serious diagnoses - from diabetes and oncology to the consequences of a stroke.
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Many of them are sentenced to years or decades of imprisonment for peaceful activities. They are deprived not only of their freedom, but also of their right to live.

We demand the immediate release of these people on humanitarian grounds.

Our goal is to attract the attention of the public and international institutions, to put pressure on the Russian authorities and save lives.

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Who's on the list

The prisoners of the Russian regime are people who gave up freedom and comfort in life and chose to tell the truth. Now they are paying with their freedom, health, and even their lives for condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine, for their commitment to the ideals of freedom and justice.

Alexey Gorinov

He was sentenced to 7 years in prison for his speech at a meeting of the Moscow District Council of Deputies in March 2022. In it, he condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and proposed honoring the memory of the murdered Ukrainian citizens with a minute of silence.
Gorinov, 63, who is missing part of a lung, is being tortured in a Russian prison and is being denied the medical care he needs.
‍Putin's regime is killing him before our eyes.

Alexey Navalny

The regime has been trying to kill Alexey Navalny for a long time, and ended up succeding in 2024.

Politician, oppositionist, Sakharov Prize laureate. He was poisoned, returned to Russia and was immediately arrested. Convicted on fabricated charges.

He died in IK-3 in the Arctic settlement of Kharp in early 2024. His death caused shock and anger around the world.

Pavel Kushnir

This regime tortured to death the outstanding musician and political prisoner Pavel Kushnir.

At the end of July, 39-year-old pianist Pavel Kushnir died in the Birobidzhan pretrial detention center from the consequences of a hunger strike.
Kushnir, a soloist with the Birobidzhan Philharmonic, devoted the last months of his life to protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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How to join us

We call on activists, politicians and all people who believe in democracy and the sacredness of human life, to act every day to free seriously ill people languishing in prisons, among whom there are even children!

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Projects

Calendar

This is a calendar with photos and birth dates of political prisoners, which helps to remember each one and spread information. This year we sent it to human rights organizations and the mass media.

Portraits of Hope

This is an international art project that brings together talented artists from all over the world.
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The project already includes more than a hundred portraits in different artistic styles.

Faces of the Russian Resistance

This is a series of exhibitions in different cities around the world about Russians who spoke out against Putin's regime and paid for it with their freedom. The goal is to tell about the fates of Russian political prisoners.

A campaign website has been created with information about prisoners, initiatives and ways to support them.
In December 2024, a kickoff conference was held, bringing together representatives of anti-war initiatives from various countries, as well as human rights organizations and communities. Memorial, Agora, OVD-Info, lawyers, and other human rights activists participated in the discussion.
We sent our wall calendars and the petition to more than 300 leading politicians in the EU, UK, US and human rights organisations.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Russia, Maryana Katsarova, received a list of prisoners and called for their release in Geneva.
Municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize with the support of campaign participants.
The campaign united anti-war initiatives from different countries: the "Faces of Russian Resistance" Project, the Andrei Sakharov Institute in Paris, “Russi Liberte” (France), etc.
The “Portraits of Hope” project was launched by the American association People for Free Russia: artists from different countries created portraits of prisoners, and exhibitions were held in several European cities.
Our list is updated by the campaign's volunteers and OVD-Info. The website is updated daily.

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