Sergei Davidis is head of the “Political Prisoners Support. Memorial” Project and a Co-chair of the “Memorial” Human Rights Defense Center. Both associations were created after the illegal liquidation of “Memorial” Human Rights Center, the oldest and largest Russian human rights organization, by a Russian court in April 2022. They continue the work that was carried out by the liquidated organization.
For many years Sergei has been responsible for compiling the lists of Russian political prisoners published by Memorial Human Rights Centre. He is an active participant and organizer of national and international advocacy for political prisoners.
Mr. Davidis studied sociology at Moscow State University and law at the Moscow State Law Academy. In 2019, he was a Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars.
For many years Davidis has been one of the organizers and active participants of the democratic opposition movement (in particular in the framework of the “Solidarity” Democratic Movement).