Where to turn if you or someone close to you is being persecuted in Russia, Belarus, Central Asia or the Caucasus, or you have left and are wanted by the authorities: detained, charged, drafted, or needing to leave fast. Pick what happened, and we'll show who helps with exactly that.
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In Russia
- Detained or summoned for questioning6 organisations →
- Criminal case6 organisations →
- A relative was detained or went missing, or police came to the family4 organisations →
- Torture and violence by security forces4 organisations →
- How to document torture, trauma and pressure for a complaint or asylum6 organisations →
- Prosecuted for what you said online4 organisations →
- Conscription and mobilisation4 organisations →
- Draft raids and same-day conscription4 organisations →
- Pressured or forced to sign a military contract4 organisations →
- Someone close is at war: refusing to fight, AWOL, missing or captured6 organisations →
- Need to leave, asylum19 organisations →
- Someone close is in prison11 organisations →
- Released from prison9 organisations →
- Pressure on children and parents: school, university, child services3 organisations →
- Need psychological support7 organisations →
- LGBTQ+ people in danger4 organisations →
- Fleeing the North Caucasus: women, LGBTQ+, pressure from family or security forces3 organisations →
- Pressure on journalists10 organisations →
- Refugees and migrants in Russia2 organisations →
- Ukrainians: leaving Russia and occupied territories8 organisations →
- I live under Russian occupation: passport, home, conscription, checks6 organisations →
- I want to leave the occupied territories7 organisations →
- Phone being checked2 organisations →
- Messaging, VPNs and blocking5 organisations →
- Donations, Telegram Stars and money2 organisations →
- I've been designated a foreign agent2 organisations →
- Accused of treason, espionage or 'helping Ukraine'5 organisations →
- Someone reported me, I was fired or expelled6 organisations →
- Migrant: on the register of controlled persons, facing expulsion or pressure to sign a military contract3 organisations →
- My account was hacked or I suspect surveillance5 organisations →
- I am on the Rosfinmonitoring list2 organisations →
- Not allowed to leave Russia because of a summons4 organisations →
- Called up from the reserve: training camps, the 'special reserve', reservist mobilisation4 organisations →
In Belarus
- Travelling to Belarus / the border3 organisations →
- Summoned by the KGB or police3 organisations →
- Someone close is detained / a political prisoner7 organisations →
- Released / deported9 organisations →
- Documents abroad2 organisations →
Central Asia
- In Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan and wanted by Russia7 organisations →
- Persecuted in Kazakhstan6 organisations →
- Persecuted in Kyrgyzstan5 organisations →
- Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan: family pressured, persecuted abroad9 organisations →
- Journalist or blogger in Central Asia13 organisations →
- Someone close is missing or imprisoned in Central Asia5 organisations →
Caucasus
- Russian or Belarusian in Georgia2 organisations →
- Russian or Belarusian in Armenia3 organisations →
- Persecuted in Georgia: protests, fines, 'foreign agents'8 organisations →
- Persecuted by Azerbaijan, at home or abroad: journalists, activists5 organisations →
- Extradition request or expulsion from Georgia or Armenia6 organisations →
Abroad
- Asylum: application, interview, refusal21 organisations →
- Returning to Ukraine-controlled territory: checks, mobilisation, documents8 organisations →
- Searching for a detained civilian or a deported child11 organisations →
- Abroad and wanted in Russia9 organisations →
- My family is being pressured while I'm abroad7 organisations →
- Detained abroad: immigration detention, deportation13 organisations →
- Planning a trip back to Russia4 organisations →
- Documents abroad: passport, powers of attorney, the 284-FZ register2 organisations →
- Money, banks and taxes after leaving3 organisations →
- Helping family and prisoners from abroad5 organisations →
- Psychologists and communities abroad8 organisations →
- The consulate refuses a passport or documents5 organisations →
- I am being tried or was convicted in absentia3 organisations →
- I want to move back to Russia for good5 organisations →
- I'm being deported to Russia from a third country8 organisations →
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