"Marianna Katzarova statement"

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28 October 2025

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation speaks to the press at the United Nations Headquarters on October 27, 2025 in New York City. Reports have emerged that journalists and government critics, including the LGBTQ community have been deemed to be extremists and terrorists by the Russian government.Torture, rape and extensive jail sentences are examples of human rights violations that the aforementioned groups have suffered at the hands of thier captors. Katzarova stressed that human rights defenders have to hold the Russian government accountable for its actions without fear of recrimination and that people, mostly Ukrainians, have to be released from prison immediatley.

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