human rights defender
Alexey Sokolov
Actions and Campaigns
Organization affiliation
- Legal Basis
HRD's year of birth
1973
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- NGO member
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Released
HRD's bio and work
Alexey Sokolov is a human rights activist, head of the human rights organization “Legal Basis.” For over 20 years, he has been protecting the rights of prisoners and documenting the violations against the imprisoned population in Russia.
Detained since
Jul 5, 2024
Date of release
Jan 4, 2025
Charge(s)
- Extremism
Latitude: 56.8081082778978
Longitude: 60.80832934238022
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Ekaterinburg
Location of detention - Facility
SIZO-1 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region 4 Repina St., 4, Sverdlovsk Region, Ekaterinburg, 620019, Sverdlovsk Region, Russia
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
In August, Alexey Sokolov sent a letter to his son in which he reported receiving insults and threats, including of sexual and sexualized violence, from other inmates in the Pre-Trial Detention Center #1 in Yekaterinburg.
Recent case update / evolution
04 Jan 2025 - freed from pre-trial detention on the condition not to leave the city while awaiting trial
