Vladimir Osechkin
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Vladimir Valeryevich Osechkin (Russian: Владимир Валерьевич Осечкин; born 14 June 1981, Samara) is a Russian human rights activist who operates the anti-corruption website Gulagu.net. He had been placed on a wanted list by Russian state after leaking a large archive of documents, photos and videos with hundreds cases of rape and torture of inmates in Russian prisons directed by prison officials.[1] The archive was collected by whistleblower Sergei Saveliev. Osechkin also used a number of other sources in Russian prisons and the FSB.[2] Osechkin lives in Paris since 2015.[3][4]
In August 2022, Osechkin urged former Russian soldier and dissident Pavel Filatyev to flee the country with the help of Gulagu.net, which Filatyev did on 13 August 2022.[5]
References[]
- ^ Russia adds prison rights campaigner to wanted list after torture videos leak, by Reuters
- ^ Vladimir Osechkin. Interview with an ex-FSB agent about the war and the "Death Factory". YouTube video (Russian), by Odesa Film Studio
- ^ "Russia Adds Founder of Prisoners' Rights NGO to Wanted List". The Moscow Times. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Горячая линия и контакты проекта Gulagu.net (Our Contacts)". gulagu-net.ru. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Andrew Roth & Pjotr Sauer (17 August 2022). "'I don't see justice in this war': Russian soldier exposes rot at core of Ukraine invasion". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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