Kozyreva Darya Aleksandrovna, political prisoner in Russia
#OnThisDay 2 years ago, Kozyreva Darya Aleksandrovna was arrested in Russia for protesting. Sentenced to 2 years, 8 months for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces with a poem.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8baj27001xlipfrnruec94
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24.02.2026 03:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Arsen Seytasanovich Ablaev, political prisoner in Russia
3 years ago, Arsen Ablaev, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in Russia and sentenced to 4 years for participating in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn9qan60005liftwaki964j
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24.02.2026 03:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
8.3% of political prisoners tracked report torture. This is unacceptable. Visit prisonerwatch.org, share these stats, & demand action.
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47 journalists are political prisoners tracked on PrisonerWatch.org. Help us raise awareness! Visit our site and share the data. #FreePress #HumanRights
22.02.2026 05:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Maksim Vladimirovich Makushin, political prisoner in Russia
Maksim Makushin: 2 years for religious beliefs. Contract soldier sentenced for refusing to participate in Ukraine war due to his Christian Pentecostal beliefs.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8bi9hp004nlipf2bbj4ftk
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21.02.2026 23:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bedarev Aleksey Yuryevich, political prisoner in Russia
Aleksey Bedarev (b. 1990, Primorsky Krai), an auto mechanic, is detained in Russia, accused of cooperating against Russian security.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmjswa3xb0002li3golji38dl
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21.02.2026 23:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Boris Ushakov — detained for Activism in Russia
Boris Ushakov, a former coordinator of Gulagu.net and human rights defender, was arrested on charges of insulting and threatening a police offi...
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21.02.2026 21:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Igor Orzhevsky — detained for Social Media Posts in Russia
Igor Orzhevsky, a blogger from Moscow, is being prosecuted for spreading military "fakes", inciting hatred, and publicly justifying ...
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn4tso9000olisxciyy29gc
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21.02.2026 21:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Maksim Kirillovich Lypkan, political prisoner in Russia
3 years ago today, Maksim Kirillovich Lypkan was arrested for activism. Lypkan, a civil and anti-war activist, was released from criminal liability and subjected to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8bgw1n0045lipfindte75y
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21.02.2026 04:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Vladimir Efimov, political prisoner in Russia
Vladimir Efimov — sentenced to 2 years for Social Media Posts
Vladimir Efimov, a journalist and politician, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces ...
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgoimugs000alizyhrnmn3c7
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20.02.2026 16:25 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Danila Vladislavovich Bagrov, political prisoner in Russia
Danila Vladislavovich Bagrov — sentenced to 9 years for other
Danila Bagrov was sentenced to 9 years in prison for preparing to participate in a terrorist organization and for treason. He all...
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmlv3ouoy00001vt20j3wvmod
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20.02.2026 16:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Eva Vladislavovna Bagrova, political prisoner in Russia
Eva Vladislavovna Bagrova — sentenced to 4 years for other
Eva Bagrova, a minor, was sentenced to 4 years in a correctional colony for public justification of terrorism and facilitating terro...
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmlv3ovps00011vt233uo6xv6
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Dildora Khakimova, teacher/blogger, sentenced to 6 years for activism, allegedly extortion. Conviction based on questionable testimony. Denied medical care for breast cancer.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi6d2pbg0001limfm08ss59n
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19.02.2026 21:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Azat Fanisovich Miftakhov, political prisoner in Russia
Azat Miftakhov: Anarchist sentenced to 6 years in 2021, rearrested on release. Now sentenced to 4 years for "justifying terrorism" on social media.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8bkojf005jlipfuwyhghg9
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19.02.2026 19:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Abushakhmin Buranbay Ayratovich, political prisoner in Russia
Abushakhmin Buranbay Ayratovich: 4 years for protesting, sentenced for mass riots and violence. Deprived of liberty since January 25, 2024.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmkg0fxpo0000li2tgyouurmo
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19.02.2026 19:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Piruz Peikrishvili — sentenced to 6 years for Social Media Posts
Piruz Peikrishvili, a driver who considers himself a citizen of the USSR, was initially given a suspended sentence for discred...
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn4sgnb0003lisxjpqsrazc
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19.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ekaterina Fomina — sentenced to 8 years for Journalism
Ekaterina Fomina, a former correspondent of Vazhnye Istorii, was prosecuted in absentia for spreading 'fakes' about the Armed Forces, re...
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn4siz00006lisxyximuocg
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19.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
URGENT: Danil Tomshin — critical case in Russia
Danil Tomshin, a resident of the Irkutsk region, was detained on charges of incitement to extremism for distributing leaflets advocating for th...
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgoim6vo0004lizy87mv6wz2
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19.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
8.2% of political prisoners tracked by PrisonerWatch face torture. Visit prisonerwatch.org to share data and demand accountability! #HumanRights #EndTorture
19.02.2026 05:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Maxim Chishkovsky, political prisoner in Russia
Maxim Chishkovsky: 11 years for protesting Russia's war. He threw a Molotov cocktail at a recruitment center in Vladivostok to show his opposition.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn4shrg0004lisxgqlg2k5a
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19.02.2026 05:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bogdan Ziza, political prisoner in Russia
Bogdan Ziza: 15 yrs for protesting. Crimean artist sentenced for alleged protest (paint, Molotov cocktail). Claims beatings and potential torture.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8878am004mli0t560i74qg
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19.02.2026 05:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Garcia Calatayud Mariano, political prisoner in Russia
Garcia Calatayud Mariano abducted by Russian forces in Ukraine March 2022. Held in Russian prison, no legal status, reportedly tortured.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn9ykrg003klift9k43qa2l
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19.02.2026 05:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Alibekov Ashabali Amirovich, political prisoner in Russia
2 years ago today, Alibekov Ashabali Amirovich was arrested for social media posts.
He was sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in a regime colony for using violence against a representative of authority.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn9r6lc000jliftmuagqqfg
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19.02.2026 03:37 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Ayupov Ilnur Talgatovich, political prisoner in Russia
Ayupov Ilnur Talgatovich was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in a general regime colony for participating in mass riots and using violence against a government official.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmkg0g0lb0004li2thahbq1kt
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18.02.2026 23:17 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We track political prisoners worldwide at https://prisonerwatch.org. Currently documenting hundreds of cases across multiple countries.
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Marchenko Alexander Vladimirovich, political prisoner in Russia
7 years ago today, Marchenko Alexander Vladimirovich was arrested in Russia.
Alexander Marchenko, a Ukrainian citizen, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage.
Sentence: 10 years
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8bj1km004xlipf26kt0uv9
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18.02.2026 21:58 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Nurakov Dzhamil Ashimovich, political prisoner in Russia
Nurakov Dzhamil Ashimovich — sentenced to 1 year.
Dzhamil Nurakov, was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The case was based on a comment left on VK.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8bn8x1006hlipf3hxm6pwm
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18.02.2026 21:45 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Baltykov Eduard Sergeevich, political prisoner in Russia
Baltykov Eduard Sergeevich — detained for activism in Russia
Eduard Baltykov, born in 1967, is a Russian citizen of Kalmyk ethnicity and a former banker, broker, athlete, and civic activist.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmlh4gn5f00001vjoi0mor75p
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18.02.2026 21:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ablyazov Nariman Rustemovich, political prisoner in Russia
Ablyazov Nariman Rustemovich —sentenced to 3 years for ethnic identity
Nariman Ablyazov, a Crimean Tatar entrepreneur and public figure from Genichesk, Ukraine, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
https://prisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cml12emte00009k2pftzc5nhw
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18.02.2026 21:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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