Statutes
Criminal charges used against political prisoners
Political prosecutions run on a short list of articles. Each page below explains one of them and lists every documented case in which it was charged, so a statute number in a news report can be read against the record.
Russia
- Article 207.3military "fakes"220 documented cases
- Article 280.3"discrediting" the army116 documented cases
- Article 205.2justification of terrorism190 documented cases
- Article 275high treason171 documented cases
- Article 275.1confidential cooperation with a foreign state42 documented cases
- Article 205.5participation in a terrorist organization60 documented cases
- Article 282.2participation in an extremist organization28 documented cases
- Article 280calls to extremism58 documented cases
- Article 354.1rehabilitation of Nazism30 documented cases
- Article 205terrorist act63 documented cases
- Article 212mass riots41 documented cases
- Article 318violence against a representative of authority59 documented cases
- Article 214vandalism58 documented cases
Belarus
- Article 130incitement of hatred294 documented cases
- Article 361-4assisting extremist activity271 documented cases
- Article 368insulting the President247 documented cases
- Article 342group actions grossly violating public order244 documented cases
- Article 361-1extremist formation208 documented cases
- Article 369insulting a representative of authority145 documented cases
- Article 361calls to harm national security135 documented cases
- Article 356high treason117 documented cases
- Article 367slander against the President88 documented cases
- Article 293mass riots85 documented cases
- Article 361-2financing extremist activity65 documented cases
- Article 289act of terrorism62 documented cases
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Practical guides
- How to write a letter to a political prisoner in Russia
- How to write a letter to a political prisoner in Belarus
Counts are of published records in The Detained’s database that carry the article, matched after normalizing how sources write it. They are a documented minimum, not a total for the country.