Human Rights Dispatch Oct 30, 2026 International Day of Political Prisoners: HRF Dispatch On this #InternationalDayofPoliticalPrisoners, HRF remembers the estimated 1 million political prisoners around the world. This week, we have highlighted the cases of Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, Mahrang Baloch, Victoire Ingabire, Umar Khalid, Ulviyya Ali, Vadim Kobzev, and Alexei Liptser, as they describe detention in their own words.
Human Rights Dispatch Oct 29, 2026 HRF Call: Free Vadim Kobzev and Alexei Liptser Vadim Kobzev and Alexei Liptser, former lawyers for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, have been detained since Oct. 13, 2023, on politically motivated charges of “extremism” because of their work as his attorneys.
Blog Post Oct 29, 2026 Dispatches from Detention: Vadim Kobzev & Alexei Liptser On Oct. 13, 2023, Vadim Kobzev and Alexei Liptser were arrested on so-called “extremism” charges because they had worked as lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.
Human Rights Dispatch Mar 9, 2026 Ghana Anti-LGBTQ Bill, China Secrecy Crackdown, Kobzev Imprisonment Case and more. Today, Russian lawyer Vadim Kobzev turns 42 in prison. Separated from his wife and three children for doing his job, he spends his birthday alone. HRF condemns his arbitrary detention and calls on the Russian regime to release him immediately and unconditionally.
