Human Rights Publishers
Encyclopedia
Human Rights Publishers is an international publishing
group, founded in 2004 by three organizations: Human Rights Publishers, Prague
; Izdatelstvo Prava Cheloveka, Moscow
; and Izhevsk
-based NGO «Redaktsiya zhurnala Pravozaschitnik» (Human Rights Defender journal).
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
group, founded in 2004 by three organizations: Human Rights Publishers, Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
; Izdatelstvo Prava Cheloveka, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
; and Izhevsk
Izhevsk
Izhevsk is the capital city of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, situated on the Izh River in the Western Urals. Population: From 1984 to 1987 Izhevsk carried the name Ustinov |Minister of Defense of the USSR]], Marshal of the Soviet Union, Dmitry Ustinov). The city is an important industrial center,...
-based NGO «Redaktsiya zhurnala Pravozaschitnik» (Human Rights Defender journal).
Recent Publications
- Ivan Tolstoy. Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago-Original creation:*Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak, published in 1957**Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago, a fictional character and the main protagonist of the book Doctor Zhivago-Adaptations:There are several adaptations based on the Doctor Zhivago book:...
: New Facts and Discoveries from the Nobel Archive (Prague: 2010) - Vera Vasilyeva. No Witnesses? Nevzlin Case: Eyewitness Accounts of the Extramural Trial (Prague: 2009)
- Vera Vasilyeva. The Third Trial of Alexei PichuginAlexei PichuginAlexei Vladimirovich Pichugin was born in the town of Orekhovo-Zuevo, part of Moscow Region, in 1962. He was the chief security official at the former Russian oil giant Yukos. In August 2006, Pichugin was sentenced, by a Moscow court, to serve 24 years imprisonment for conspiracy in several murders...
. "YukosYUKOSOJSC "Yukos Oil Company" was a petroleum company in Russia which, until 2003, was controlled by Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and a number of other prominent Russian businessmen. After Yukos was bankrupted, Khodorkovsky was convicted and sent to prison.Yukos headquarters was located in...
Case" Chronicles (Prague: 2007) - Vera Vasilyeva. How Alexei Pichugin was judged: Court reportage (Prague: 2007)
- Andrey SharyAndrey SharyAndrey Shary is a Russian journalist and author.He studied journalism at the State Institute of International Relations in Moscow, graduating in 1987. Shary worked for the Soviet daily Pravda from 1987–1990, and then moved to the weekly Rossiya . In 1992 he began cooperation with Radio Svoboda,...
. A Prayer for Serbia. The Secret of Zoran Djindjic’s Death (Prague: 2005) - Andrey Shary. The Tribunal. Chronicles Of The Unfinished War (Moscow: 2003)
See also
- Human rights in RussiaHuman rights in RussiaThe rights and liberties of the citizens of the Russian Federation are granted by Chapter 2 of the Constitution adopted in 1993.Russia is the signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and has also ratified a number of other international human rights instruments, including the...
- Moscow Helsinki GroupMoscow Helsinki GroupThe Moscow Helsinki Group is an influential human rights monitoring non-governmental organization, originally established in what was then the Soviet Union; it still operates in Russia....
- International human rights instrumentsInternational human rights instrumentsInternational human rights instruments are treaties and other international documents relevant to international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general...
- List of human rights organisations