Russia: Crackdown on Dissent Escalates
February 04, 2026
February 04, 2026
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:
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Russia: Crackdown on Dissent Escalates
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(Brussels, February 4, 2026) - In the fourth year of its full-scale war against Ukraine, the Kremlin further escalated the crackdown on Russian civil society, targeting critics both inside the country and in exile, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Aiming to stifle all forms of dissent, . . .
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Russia: Crackdown on Dissent Escalates
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(Brussels, February 4, 2026) - In the fourth year of its full-scale war against Ukraine, the Kremlin further escalated the crackdown on Russian civil society, targeting critics both inside the country and in exile, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Aiming to stifle all forms of dissent, . . .