The Foundation is engaged in protecting the rights of prisoners, representing their interests in courts and international human rights institutions, as well as publishing materials on the problems of the Russian penitentiary system. The organization is headed by human rights activist Lev Ponomarev, who also has the status of a "foreign agent".

In March 2021, the organization briefly disappeared from the federal list of NGO "foreign agents". In the Ministry of Justice it was explained by a technical failure.

Name
"In Defense of Prisoners' Rights" Foundation
Field of activity
Help for prisoners and convicts

Recognitions

Status
Foreign agent (NGO)
Year of recognition
2019
Inclusion date
13.02.2019
Reason for recognition
It was mentioned in the Ministry of Justice' registry that the "In Defense of Prisoners' Rights" Foundation was deemed a foreign agent due to receiving foreign funding from Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom (Germany).

Chronology

  1. Addition to the list: Foreign agent (NGO)
Human Rights Activists

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