Prisoners' Union

Prisoners' Union (Russian: Союз заключённых) is a Russian human rights monitoring non-governmental organization. The organization was founded in 2008. Prisoners' Union foundation meeting was held in Moscow and was attended by 40 former political prisoners.[1][2][3] Prisoners' Union works to expose human rights violations within the penal system in Russia. Prisoners' Union publishes monitoring materials of situation in Russian prisons and holds press conferences. Organization calls for an amnesty for all political prisoners in Russia.[4][5]

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