Latest Press
Releases on Human Rights in Chechnya
Note:
The following press releases are a selection coming form very different
sources. The webauthor simply "copies and pastes" them and is not
responsible for its content and the opinions expressed therein do not
necessarily reflect my views and opinions.
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Dmitrievsky is convicted for two years of suspended sentence Amnesty International
calls for guilty verdict against Stanislav Dmitrievskii to be overturned |
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Rights Group Faces Closure Russia's
Justice Ministry to Wind Up Human Rights Center |
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Bitter cold worsens
plight of hungry Chechens There is an accelerated procedure for the examination of cases at the European Court Shady action against rights defender Two women missing in Chechnya's Tolstoy-Yurt Chechen lawmakers have declared war on abductors |
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ECHR applicants'
relative tortured in Chechnya Television discredits human rights defenders Human Rights First Condemns False Accusations against Russian Human Rights Organizations |
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Abducted Chechen released
after torture People continue to disappear in Kabardino-Balkaria Relatives, lawyers concerned about Kabardino-Balkaria detainees Maskhadov's Body Sought Chechen parliament sets up commission for missing people Human rights monitoring in Chechnya must be resumed - Bindig Council of Europe to debate Chechnya Georgian PACE delegation criticizes Russia over Chechnya human rights situation Caucasians hated most among ethnic minorities Procuratorship calls for four years imprisonment for Dmitriyevsky - A Petiton RCIA reports |
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Two Foreign NGOs Banned Brothers "disappear" Open Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr. S.V. Lavrov on Recent Amendments to Federal Laws of the Russian Federation Regarding Non-profit Organizations and Public Associations Activists Criticize Trial of Chechen Journalist UN representative in Russia: We will seek easier access for UN personnel to Chechnya Report from Todays Hearing in the Criminal Case against Stas Dmitrievsky, Head of the Russian Chechen Friendship Society Open Letter by Stanislav Dmitrievsky to the chief prosecutor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Outrageous accusations by the Regional Prosecutor on the eve of Mr. Stanislav Dmitrievsky's trial Publication to support Stanislav Dmitriyevsky RCIA reports |
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Russian Court Shuts Down
Two NGOs Nuclear waste found in ruined Chechen factory Shellings and kidnappings Abduction in Chechnya |
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Brothers abducted in Chechnya Trial of Khlebnikov's alleged killers begins in secrecy after questionable investigation Ingush residents tortured in custody in N Ossetia RCIA reports |
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Rights activists deem
kidnappings main problem in Chechnya Legal Harassment Against the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society - Another Update Rights Group Calls On Georgia To Release Chechen Activist |
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Chechen Rights Activist On Hunger Strike Weakens Invaders in
concentration camp "Chernokozovo" have beaten [almost] to death a
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3 Jan. 2006 |
Mothers of Beslan
express their indignation at the questions left unanswered by the
Kremlin Mothers of disease-stricken Chechen children form committee |
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of Non-Governmental Organizations in Russia Muslims subject to abuse in Dagestan Chechen Authorities Impose Restrictions on Covering Mysterious Disease by Media Beslan Voice leader resentful of examination results No blame for Russian forces in school raid Beslan report blames police Public meetings may be banned on the sly The Action "Support Stanislav Dmitriyevsky!" RCIA reports |
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Poisoned schoolchildren in Shelkovsky: negligence or criminal act? Russia
Refuses to Extend Registration for Czech Humanitarian Group in Chechnya |
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soldiers refuse to admit shelling village of Chechen-Aul UN, EU Aim to Revive Caucasus Economy Another 13 children hospitalized with poisoning in Chechnya European court accepts Chechen's complaint over missing son Anna Politkovskaya testifies at the trial of Dmitriyevsky RCIA reports |
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Warns Of Radioactive Pollution At Chechen Plant Slovakia upbraided for denying Chechens asylum Senior Police Official Charged With Disappearance of Chechen Resident Nerve gas may have caused poisoning of schoolgirls in Chechnya Chechen Separatist Denied Amnesty |
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rights violations in the Chechen Republic: the CM’s responsibility
vis-à-vis the Assembly’s concerns European Commission provides € 8 million for victims of crises in Northern and Southern Caucasus Fewer kidnappings in Chechnya Russia Lost By All Counts… A Protest Demonstration at the Border of North Ossetia and Ingushetia RCIA: reports |
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prioritizes measures against abductions in Chechnya Trial over Stanislav Dmitriyevsky RCIA reports |
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by drunken execution squad Torture confirmed in Kabardino-Balkaria More than 150,000 people have refugee status in Chechnya 126 children killed, over 600 wounded in mine blasts in Chechnya Poland: Chechen Refugees Grateful for Protection but Need Integration Support Strasbourg Court Hears First Disappearance Case Appeal for Rasul Kudaev Three kidnapped in Chechnya Perpetrators of Borozdinovskaya raid unlikely to be punished RCIA: various reprots |
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Chechens, Poland is not west enough Legal Harassment Against the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society. An Update Residents of Nalchik Tell of Beatings and Torture Relatives Of Men Killed In S Russia Attack Blame Government Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Tortured by Russian Police Chechen HR Delegation Heading to Strasbourg Has Internal Passports Confiscated at Russian Airport British protest as Russia deports rights lawyer Local residents demanding imam's release IHF Open Letter regarding the unlawful detention and fabrication of a criminal case against human rights defender O. Boliev |
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On the parliamentary "elections" in Chechnya Human
rights groups skeptical on Chechnya vote |
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Mines
kill 700 Chechnya civilians in 10 years - UNICEF Chechen People
Protest Against Military Oppression in Republic |
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"Disappearances"
and abductions in the Chechen Republic:
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repressions and kidnappings continue in Russia Rights Groups Say Muslims Are Unfairly Targeted In Fight Against Terrorism About 200 people abducted in Chechnya in a year Russian Law Leaves Bodies in Limbo, Raising Muslim Ire Dead bodies hiding truth about Russian failure in Nalchik Rights still abused in Chechnya, Ingushetia Mothers of Beslan demand resignation of Putin, Patrushev and Nurgaliyev The "Russian-Chechen Friendship Society" is Under Severe Risk of being Destroyed by Russian Authorities RCIA reports |
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Muslims decry state abuses Member of Pro-Kremlin Party Accuses Police of Torturing Terror Suspects in Nalchik Memorial: On the Events of 13-14 October 2005 in Nalchik Muslims in Adygea detained, beaten A Symbol for the Second Chechen War: Six Years after the Bombing of the Grozny Market Nobody Held Accountable Terror Victims Unite to Press Putin Kidnappings Grow in Chechnya Before Vote Appela to Vladimir Pavlovich Kravchenko, Prosecutor of the Republic of Chechnya Chechnya in need of special schools for children with hearing, speech and sight impairments RCIA: reports |
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Who Carried Out The Nalchik Raids And Why? Russians Won't Give Bodies to Families Hundreds Demand Release of Bodies 3 Suspects Say They Were Tortured Federal forces grab Dagestan rights activist Refugee camp unheated Another victim of extrajudicial execution found Dead bodies found in Chechnya Chechen Diary RCFS reports |
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Nalchik 'caused by war in Chechnya' Abductions
on the Rise in Chechnya — Pro-Moscow President |
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Amnesty International: No end to gross human rights violations in Russia's North Caucasus Gas
used against children, possibly |
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corpses discovered in Grozny district Former Senior Rebel to Run for Pro-Moscow Parliament in Chechnya Events in Ingushetia Switzerland hosts Chechen peace forum Women-journalists in the peacemaking process of the Northern Caucasus Public meeting held in Grozny Five abducted in Chechnya U.N.: 'Disappearances' Treaty a Major Advance President Putin Admits Kidnappings Afflict Russia's Chechnya Russian Federation: New evidence to be revealed RCIA: various reports (update 27-9-05) |
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smite Chechnya Disastrous living conditions causes health problems Environmental disaster in Grozny Journalists' rights abused Military men detain Chechen woman RCIA reports |
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Humanitarian Situation in Chechnya Abduction in N Ossetia 13 people kidnapped in Noviye Atagi Urgent Alert: Chechen Refugees on Hunger Strike in Poland For 7 months the Polish frontier guards have detained more than 200 Chechen refugees RCIA: Various reports |
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Authorities Seek To Convert Beslan's Muslims New Beslan probe to summon Russia's security bosses Abducted man found dead Georgia: Chechens Impatient With Life in Limbo Moscow authorities investigate assault on Chechen singer Chechen Pop Singer Attacked The authorities of Moscow have forbidden the meeting devoted to Day of Independence of CHRI In the first half-year of 2005, 9400 Chechens asked for asylum in the West "Mothers of Beslan" demand resignation of Deputy Attorney-General Shepel Beslan Mothers' Meeting with Putin Brought No Result Duma member discloses evidence on Beslan Refugees may number 100,000 in Ingushetia Various reports from the RCIA |
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end for families of the "disappeared" The Application of the Chechens, Living in Hamburg Kazakhstan extradites suspected Chechen rebel to Russia Kidnapped Chechen resident found dead in Grozny Human rights defenders compare figures Foreign Aid Groups Face Hostility from Moscow Alternative haerings on Human rights in Russia to be held in Brussels on September 8 parallel to official EU-Russia consultations Nizhny Novgorod Authorities Launch Final Crackdown on Russian-Chechen Friendship Society Reports of the RCFS |
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mothers: Putin is culpable Beslan mothers suspect cover-up Beslan Mothers Will Invite Putin To Court Chechnya citizens still pressured Court overturns acquittals in Chechnya killings Outbreak of epidemic in Chechnya Man abducted in Grozny by unknown persons in masks |
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| 25 August 2005 | Grozny residents
demand resumption of compensation payments Organization created in Chechnya for women whose relatives have disappeared without trace Over 90% of Chechnya in poverty Terrorist act in Ingushetia Victims in Chechnya Mothers of massacred children take over court Tax Authority Forcibly Withdraws Funds from Russian-Chechen Friendship Local policeman of Borozdinovskaya has to be the scapegoat Reports from the RCFS |
| Economics minister: 90% of
Chechens in poverty Victims in Chechnya Rights Group Says Authorities Prosecute Muslims in Southern Russia 'Caucasus-phobia' in Russia Russian Court Jails Pro-Chechen Journalist for Illegal Gun Possession Local residents clash with oil authorities |
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Repress Non-Russian Minorities? Mainstream Russian Paper Calls People from Caucasus “Beasts” Muslims degraded in Kabardino-Balkaria Sister of Chechen Rebel Warlord Abducted in Russia’s Chechnya Victims released Unauthorised public meeting held in Grozny Protest action in Grozny Food aid to Chechnya and Dagestan Other developments and events in Chechnya RCFS: Reports #508-521 |
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| New bodies found in Chechnya Abuse in Chechnya Abductions in Chechnya Three abducted in Chechnya Slovakia has sent three Chechen families in Russian concentration camp Ukraine : a Secret War against Chechen Refugees Two newspapers unwanted THE CHECHEN-RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY PRESS RELEASES (JUL. 19 - AUG. 1) |
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5 August 2005 |
Anti-Chechen discrimination
intensifies in Russia: rights activists Brute force against refugees Chechnya struck with TB Commander recognizes army's participation in kidnappings Protest against searches Two years without news of ICRC staff member abducted in Chechnya Red Cross Stops Work in Chechnya to Mark Employee's Kidnapping Beslan Mothers Do Not Want Putin to Visit Siege Commemorations Victims want to know more Beslan tragedy triggers trumped-up cases Moscow ‘pursuing’ Muslims: HR body |
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