A graphic that shows a timeline of dates and the number of people detained preventively via facial recognition in 2022.
Preventive detentions using facial recognition in 2022
At least 141 people were detained preventively via facial recognition in 2022, according to data from OVD-Info, a human rights group that monitors repression in Russia. Facial recognition is helping police identify and detain opponents as a preventive measure.
May 9, 2022
Thirty-seven people were detained preventively during Victory Day, a holiday that commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
June 12, 2022
People are stopped on national holidays, when authorities are expecting protests, or at other times when anti-war sentiment is running high. On Russia’s National Day, 43 people were detained.
Aug. 22, 2022
Forty-one people were detained on Russia’s National Flag Day.
sept. 22, 2022
The day after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine, nine people were detained.
sept. 30, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed documents to incorporate four Ukrainian territories into Russia.
Source: OVD-Info
Preventive detentions using facial recognition in 2022
At least 141 people were detained preventively via facial recognition in 2022, according to data from OVD-Info, a human rights group that monitors repression in Russia. Facial recognition is helping police identify and detain opponents as a preventive measure.
May 9, 2022
Thirty-seven people were detained preventively during Victory Day, a holiday that commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
June 12, 2022
People are stopped on national holidays, when authorities are expecting protests, or at other times when anti-war sentiment is running high. On Russia’s National Day, 43 people were detained.
Aug. 22, 2022
Forty-one people were detained on Russia’s National Flag Day.
sept. 22, 2022
The day after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine, nine people were detained.
sept. 30, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed documents to incorporate four Ukrainian territories into Russia.
Source: OVD-Info
Preventive detentions using facial recognition in 2022
At least 141 people were detained preventively via facial recognition in 2022, according to data from OVD-Info, a human rights group that monitors repression in Russia. Facial recognition is helping police identify and detain opponents as a preventive measure.
May 9, 2022
Thirty-seven people were detained preventively during Victory Day, a holiday that commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
June 12, 2022
People are stopped on national holidays, when authorities are expecting protests, or at other times when anti-war sentiment is running high. On Russia’s National Day, 43 people were detained.
Aug. 22, 2022
Forty-one people were detained on Russia’s National Flag Day.
sept. 22, 2022
The day after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine, nine people were detained.
sept. 30, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed documents to incorporate four Ukrainian territories into Russia.
Source: OVD-Info