Title: Human rights in Russia : citizens and the state from Perestroika to Putin /
Authors: McAuley, Mary
Year: 2015
Subjects: Human rights Russia (Federation) History.; Civil rights Russia (Federation)
Contents: Perestroika to 1993: seedbed for human rights -- Human rights organizations: first shoots -- Early debates over rights and strategies -- Local differences, tackling isolationism -- Western assistance, an extraordinary congress -- The civic forum of 2001: to tango or to sit it out -- Activists and popular attitudes -- Army and police reform -- Prison inspectors, juvenile courts, domestic violence and refugees -- Past and present: the International Memorial Society -- Young lawyers step forward -- Twenty years on: human rights, society and politics.