Shutdowns, blocks, surveillance, and a messenger nobody trusts: how Russia’s internet censorship machine works today

Three independent news outlets in Kyrgyzstan — including OCCRP member center Kloop — have been branded “extremist organizations,” with a court banning all their online and social media activity.

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Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

Sometimes, trauma finds you while you’re waiting for it, when your body is tense anticipating its appearance. Your guard is up. Somehow, you soften its blows. Sometimes, though, trauma finds …

Eleven years ago, we began as a small publication covering Russia’s courts and prisons, the epicentres of political persecution. Today, in a nation at war, our mission is even more...