Tamilla Imanova is a Russian human rights lawyer who has appeared before Russian, European and international courts. She has been working for Memorial, an NGO that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, for four years. Tamilla has successfully defended the cause of women victims of domestic violence in 2022 before the European Court of Human Rights, but has also dealt with various cases of torture inflicted on civilians by the state, and illegal arrests for participation in peaceful protests. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, she has fled Russia for fear of criminal prosecution and now lives in Poland.
