UN Human Rights Council Should Renew Expert Monitor on Russia

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Defendants Alexander Dotsenko (L) and Anastasia Dyudyayeva, in a courtroom hearing accused of incitement to terrorism for leaving anti-war notes in a supermarket, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 18, 2024. © 2024 Andrei Bok/SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo Russia’s human rights situation has been deteriorating for years, but in the two years since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the authorities’ campaign of repression has accelerated alarmingly. Reporting to the UN Human Rights Council last month, the UN special rapporteur on Russia captured this pointedly,…

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