Human Rights Publishers

Human Rights Publishers is an international publishing group established in 2004 through the cooperation of three organizations: Human Rights Publishers in Prague, Izdatelstvo Prava Cheloveka in Moscow, and the Izhevsk-based non-governmental organization Redaktsiya zhurnala Pravozaschitnik, associated with the Human Rights Defender journal. The group’s documented publishing activity has focused on human-rights-related subjects, Russian political and legal affairs, historical investigations, and documentary or eyewitness accounts of major public controversies. The available reference material identifies the group as an international publishing operation rather than a conventional mass-market consumer publisher. Its catalog includes works issued in Prague and Moscow and covers topics such as the Yukos legal proceedings, the case of former Yukos security executive Alexei Pichugin, the Nevzlin case, the death of Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic, the wars and tribunal proceedings connected with the former Yugoslavia, and discoveries from the Nobel Archive concerning Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. These titles indicate an editorial orientation toward political history, legal documentation, human rights, and contested public events. The group’s formation brought together publishing and civil-society organizations operating in different cities and national contexts. Its Prague connection is reflected in several listed publications, while the Moscow and Izhevsk participants connect the group to Russian-language human-rights publishing and advocacy. The documented catalog spans at least the early 2000s through 2010, with titles attributed to authors including Vera Vasilyeva, Andrey Shary, and Ivan Tolstoy. No reliable information in the supplied sources establishes the group’s current operating status, ownership structure, headquarters, leadership, financial position, distribution network, or present-day publication schedule. Accordingly, Human Rights Publishers is best described here as a historically documented international publishing group with a specialized human-rights and political-documentary catalog, while its current corporate and publishing activities remain unverified.

Human Rights Publishers was established in 2004 as an international publishing group created by three organizations: Human Rights Publishers in Prague, Izdatelstvo Prava Cheloveka in Moscow, and the Izhevsk-based NGO Redaktsiya zhurnala Pravozaschitnik, connected with the Human Rights Defender journal. The founding structure linked organizations in the Czech Republic and Russia and gave the group a cross-border publishing identity. The group’s documented output centers on human-rights issues, Russian political and legal affairs, court proceedings, historical investigations, and documentary nonfiction. Its catalog includes several books addressing the Yukos affair and related criminal proceedings. Vera Vasilyeva is credited with multiple works on Alexei Pichugin and the Nevzlin case, including a 2007 court-reportage title, a 2007 chronicle of Pichugin’s third trial, and a 2009 account of the Nevzlin case and its extramural trial. These publications place legal documentation and contested judicial proceedings among the group’s notable editorial themes. Other recorded titles broaden the catalog beyond Russian courtroom reporting. Andrey Shary’s works address the former Yugoslavia and Serbia, including a book on the tribunal and the unfinished war and a later investigation into the death of Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic. In 2010, the group published Ivan Tolstoy’s study of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago and material from the Nobel Archive. The listed publication locations include Prague and Moscow, reflecting the group’s multinational founding and publishing connections. The available material does not provide a continuous account of the organization after 2010. It also does not identify a corporate parent, individual owner, current executives, financial results, distribution arrangements, or a confirmed current status. The official website is cited as an external reference, but the supplied material does not establish whether it remains active. Human Rights Publishers is therefore documented primarily through its founding description and published catalog rather than through verified current operations.

• 2010

  Publication on Doctor Zhivago and the Nobel Archive

  [1]Human Rights Publishersen.wikipedia.org

  Ivan Tolstoy’s study of new findings from the Nobel Archive concerning Doctor Zhivago was listed as a Prague publication.

• 2009

  Publication on the Nevzlin case

  [1]Human Rights Publishersen.wikipedia.org

  The group listed Vera Vasilyeva’s account of the Nevzlin case and its extramural trial, published in Prague.

• 2007

  Expansion of the Yukos and Pichugin case catalog

  [1]Human Rights Publishersen.wikipedia.org

  Two Prague publications by Vera Vasilyeva addressed Alexei Pichugin’s court proceedings and the broader Yukos case.

• 2005

  Publication on Serbia and the Djindjic investigation

  [1]Human Rights Publishersen.wikipedia.org

  The group listed Andrey Shary’s A Prayer for Serbia. The Secret of Zoran Djindjic’s Death, published in Prague.

• 2004

  Formation of the international publishing group

  [1]Human Rights Publishersen.wikipedia.org

  Human Rights Publishers was established through the cooperation of organizations in Prague, Moscow, and Izhevsk, including a Russian human-rights journal NGO.

A specialized international publisher associated with human-rights advocacy, political documentation, legal cases, and historical investigations, particularly concerning Russia and wider European political affairs.

• Political and historical nonfiction · 2003

  The Tribunal. Chronicles Of The Unfinished War

  A work by Andrey Shary concerning the tribunal and the unfinished war associated with the conflicts of the former Yugoslavia. The listed edition was published in Moscow in 2003.

• Investigative political nonfiction · 2005

  A Prayer for Serbia. The Secret of Zoran Djindjic’s Death

  Andrey Shary’s investigation of Serbia and the circumstances surrounding the death of Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic. The listed edition was published in Prague in 2005.

• Legal reportage · 2007

  How Alexei Pichugin was judged: Court reportage

  A court-reportage title by Vera Vasilyeva documenting the proceedings against Alexei Pichugin in the context of the Yukos affair. The listed edition was published in Prague in 2007.

• Legal and political nonfiction · 2007

  The Third Trial of Alexei Pichugin. "Yukos Case" Chronicles

  A chronicle by Vera Vasilyeva focused on the third trial of Alexei Pichugin and its relationship to the Yukos case. The listed edition was published in Prague in 2007.

• Legal and investigative nonfiction · 2009

  No Witnesses? Nevzlin Case: Eyewitness Accounts of the Extramural Trial

  A Vera Vasilyeva title presenting eyewitness accounts related to the Nevzlin case and an extramural trial. The listed edition was published in Prague in 2009.

• Literary history · 2010

  Doctor Zhivago: New Facts and Discoveries from the Nobel Archive

  A study by Ivan Tolstoy drawing on material from the Nobel Archive to examine new information concerning Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. The listed edition was published in Prague in 2010.

1. 1Human Rights Publishersen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Human Rights Publishers official websitehrpublishers.org