Help others
How to help people facing persecution: write a letter, attend a hearing, give money. Each way has its own risks, explained next to it.
- Write to a political prisonerHow to find the address, what to write and what not to
- Attend a hearingHow it works and what you risk
- SupportWhom you can support and how not to put yourself at risk
- Help someone leaveHow to help someone close to you get out without harming them or yourself.
- Lists and numbers of political prisonersWho keeps the lists for Russia, Belarus, Crimea
How many people are behind bars
- 1,849 recognised political prisoners currently held; 2,514 people recognised as political prisoners since 2009 · Memorial Political Prisoners Support, as of 12 October 2026
- 348 people deprived of liberty in anti-war criminal cases; 1,384 people charged in such cases in total · OVD-Info (anti-war criminal cases), as of 12 October 2026
- 385 political prisoners from Crimea currently held in places of detention; 560 people on the centre's list in total · Crimean Tatar Resource Center (Crimea), as of 12 October 2026
- 879 political prisoners · Viasna Human Rights Centre (Belarus), as of 30 September 2026