The U.S. State Department’s 2005 Human Rights Report expressed alarm over “the arbitrary use of the judicial system” in the arrest, detention and conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.

Drs. Martin Harris and John O'Grady inform the court that they are available to provide an independent medical examination of Platon Lebedev. Download their letters to the court » Download Dr. Harris's medical report »

The Russian organization “For Human Rights” has requested that the European Commission appeal to Russian political leaders and demand they return convicts transferred to the furthest possible region, such as Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, to their regions of residence in compliance with article 73 of Russian Criminal Code.

The "For Human Rights" Information Agency reports in its sixtieth issue on the continued detention and trial of Yukos affair victims Vasily Aleksanyan and Svetlana Bakhmina. It also notes how Mikhail Khodorkovsky was sent to solitary confinement in his Siberian penal colony for petty offenses. Download Issue # 60 »

The "For Human Rights" Information Agency reports in its fifty-ninth issue on the suspension of the Yukos-supported NGO, Open Russia and the arrest of Vasily Aleksanyan, a former executive of Yukos. Download Issue # 59 »

The "For Human Rights" Information Agency reports in its fifty-eighth issue on Khodorkovsky's release from solitary confinement, the arrest of monetary funds of the non-profit Open Russia and the appeal against the arrest of the NGO's funds. Download Issue # 58 »