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Releases on Human Rights in Chechnya
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responsible for its content and the opinions expressed therein do not
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31 May 2004 |
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people kill two and kidnap another two in Chechnya Major refugee group gets back to Chechnya from Ingushetia Four abducted, one killed in Chechnya |
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open fire in central Grozny, killing three people, witnesses say Refugees ordered to leave tent camp Satsita |
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| Alarming news about the Chechen refugees
in Czechia Chechen women are targets of kidnapping 2,500 Chechen residents declared abducted, missing After five years living in Georgia, worried Chechen refugees look to the West for salvation Dutch want charity to repay ransom for aid worker Thyroid gland epidemic hits Chechnya Explosition Hits Russian Train Near Chechnya Local detained, then released in Urus-Martan |
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Video documenting Russian atrocities (download) |
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| Dagestan bans sale of Russian
translation of the Qur'an Chechen children increasingly targets of kidnapping Amnesty Critical on Chechnya - AI Annual Report 2004, Russian Federation Russian Foreign Ministry criticizes activities on NGO's in Chechnya Last Chechen refugee tent camp in Ingushetia to be closed Putin, Gil-Robles presented with book in Chechen language Gil Robels notes Russian authorities' openness in his reports on human rights in Russia |
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| Antiwar campaign continues in
Ryazan NGOs Warned They May Be Next Chechen prosecutor rejects data on abductions. Over two dozen arrested in special operation in Chernorechye Rights activists respond to president's statement Trumped-up case press conference |
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| Many Chechen children live
below poverty line Human rights leader denies political process in Chechnya Chechnya to improve reporting of murder, abduction statistics Almost 600 people have been kidnapped last year in Chechnya Prisoners tortured in Georgia, rights group says Practice of large-scale purges resumed in Chechnya |
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| Hearing-impaired
children still
lack boarding school Rashid Ozdoyev and other kidnapped people are killed - describes FSB's employee. Chechen woman charged with recruiting suicide bombers Russian republic hit by wave of abductions Demonstrations in Chechnya Chechens clash with Akhmad Kadyrov’s security service |
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22 May 2004 |
Chechen residents resist
illegal actions of security service officers UAE Red Crescent Society suggests building orphanage for Chechen kids |
| Watchdog
Calls On EU To Press Russia On Human Rights Azerbaijan rights activists deliver Chechen refugees' complaints to PACE rapporteur Migration service denies chemical contamination of refugee center |
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| Activist sues Moscow government Lawyer Investigating Apartment Bombings Sentenced to 4 Years FSB Critic Trepashkin Jailed for 4 Years Russian officer convicted for murder in Chechnya recalls appeal Ulman case: shooting six may be unpunished in Russia Captain Ulman: Send the Prosecutors into Battle Who stands behind abduction of schoolboys? |
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| Intl. aid
bodies to stay in Chechnya - security official Chechen Republic of Ichkeria: Russia and the Council of Europe resume discussing Chechnya European Commission to spend EUR16.5m on Chechnya Authorities blackmail refugees in Ingushetia Situation in Ingushetia looks like prewar developments in Chechnya Abducted schoolboys released in Chechnya |
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| Chechen Warlord Says He Killed Pro-Moscow
Leader Russia and PACE resume discussing Chechnya Murderer of a Chechen Girl Appeals for Pardon Chechen Refugees Ponder Their Next Move Mutilated bodies of four locals found in Chechnya |
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| Sale of newborns being investigated in
Grozny Chechnya Bomb fragment, not bullet killed journalist Adlan Khasanov, medics say Chemical storage facilities serve as refugee center Memorial, Caucasian Knot conduct PR-campaign in Ryazan devoted to problems of Chechen war Dyshne-Vedeno residents accuse Vostok special operations soldiers of abducting schoolboys Council of Europe set to monitor Chechen presidential elections |
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14 May 2004 |
Attackers
abduct Chechen pupils Residents of Chechen village hold protest rally Police Commander Shot Dead in Chechnya |
13 May 2004 |
Rights group reports on
kidnappings Kremlin in pressure human rights advocates Statement by Chechen National Salvation Committee Lyudmila Alekseyeva: state of servicemen injured in Chechnya 'is tragic' Svetlana Gannushkina convinced any Chechen can be given refugee status rightfully |
| ACPC
Condemns
Qadyrov Assassination Federal Migration Service seeks pretext to close Satsita camp Chechen refugees in Georgia go on hunger strike Search in Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia Punitive psychiatry knocks on our doors |
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11 May 2004 |
Two
children in critical condition after
Chechnya bombing Russian journalist says slain Chechen president`s son "extremely cruel" Chechen spokesman says appointment of late leader`s son good for war on terror |
| EU condemns Chechnya attack Statement by President of the ChRI Aslan Maskhadov |
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| Bomb kills Chechen president Almost the entire puppet top killed at the
"Dynamo" stadium. 35 occupiers
killed or injured in the Sharoi district
Human rights abuses: Russian military comes under
fire
Russian pilots likely to go unpunished Russian offcers found not guilty for civilian murders Moscow rights group recognized for work with refugees |
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| 8 May 2004 | German peace prize goes to women in Turkey, Russia |
| Amnesty International:
family of Chechen health minister Omar Khambiev threatened, tortured Justice Ministry Says Criminal Groups Financing Russian HR Organizations |
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| 25
thousand Russian soldiers
have been killed in Chechnya Chechen intellectuals express stern protest against court decision in 'case of Ulman' Dagestan Terror Suspects ‘Tortured’ |
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| 5 May 2004 | Mine victims not officially recognized in Chechnya |
| Some 1,500 refugees remain in Ingushetia's
last tent city Chechen Leaders and HR Activists Condemn Acquittal of Russian Troops Russian Rights Group Wins U.N. Refugee Award Former Chechen Minister's whereabouts a mystery Russian soldiers cleared of Chechen murders Prosecutor to appeal acquittal of servicemen charged with killing civilians in Chechnya “Inner Slave” Restricting Press Freedom Moscow court revokes right to demonstrate Marsho Newspaper Threatened Stavropol district court denies registration to youth charitable organization Russia signals readiness to allow Council of Europe visit to Chechnya |
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| Protestors
clamor against Russian soldiers arbitrary behaviour in Starye Atagi Germany earmarks 475,000 euros for aid to refugees in the North Caucasus but.... Some German states deporting Chechen refugees Reports question death of Chechen prisoner New houses for refugees to be built in Ingushetia Some 1,500 refugees remain in Ingushetia's last tent city United Nations to continue its activities in Chechnya Chechnya: Beware of mines! |
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26 Apr. 2004 |
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Chechen Boys Killed in
Abandoned Ammo Explosions Fear of deportation: Chechen refugees informing about their fate Chechens detained on Ukrainian border Akhmad Kadyrov's forces set resistance fighter’s house ablaze Red Cross to continue land mine education in Chechnya Chechnya’s reservoir threatened with water pollution |
| Chechen Society newspaper
receives warning Russian Justice Ministry against outlawing Wahhabism Infanticides |
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Chechen refugee disappears |
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| Parts of human body found
at combat site in Ordzhonikidzevskaya UN Corrects Chechnya Report On Moscow's Insistence Act of intimidation Russian Military Charged with Manslaughter in Chechnya Authorities keep on 'extruding' refugees out of Ingushetia to Chechnya Family receive compensation, then die Those suspected of terror are sentenced to destruction Chechnya accounts for most of abductions |
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| Moscow Court Rejects
Dubrovka Claim Filed by Dutch Citizen Chechnya Blames Russia for Civilian Deaths Ahead of UN Visit UN delegation visiting Chechnya Activists Say Chechnya Still Unsafe |
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| About 600 Russian servicemen still missing in Chechnya | |
| Rights groups angry at blocking tactics in UN | |
| Statement by Ahmed
Zakayev [on the rejection of the EU resolution in the UN Human Rights
Commission] Chechen Rebels Slam U.N. Refusal to Condemn Russia Chechen NGO denies functionaries' statements on situation in Satsita refugee camp |
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| UN Commission Rejects
Resolution on Chechnya "Death squads" heads Ossetin Taymuraz Kaloyev Silence on Erkel Speaks Volumes |
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| Interior Ministry Says
Over 600 Abducted in Chechnya in 2003 Video images suggest Russian atrocities in Chechnya Svetlana Gannushkina: "The closure of the Danish Refugee Council is a real disgrace" Danish Refugee Council to continue humanitarian activity in Ingushetia Details of bombing in Rigakhoy village Extrajudicial executions in Chechnya |
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| Around 2,000 on police
files as kidnapped in Chechnya Zyazikov attacked by 'Riyadus Salihiin' fighters |
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| Mystery Shrouds Erkel's
Release Sergei Ivanov Ordered Qatar Killing Nine Civilians Extrajudicially Executed in Chechnya Woman, 5 Children Killed in Chechnya Air Attack |
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| Kidnapped Dutch aid
worker in Dagestan released Dutch Aid Worker Freed in Dagestan 9 Bodies in Chechnya Russian invaders take hostages and plunder villages Some more new details of murder by the occupiers of innocent civilians of the village of Duba-Yurt |
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| Nine bodies of civilians
found in Chechnya Mass poisoning of children in Grozny A young woman kidnapped in the Grozny region Anna Neistat expects no UN sanctions against Russia for policy in Chechnya Russia said the EU was encouraging terrorism by asking the United Nations to condemn human rights abuses in Chechnya Russia Objects to EU Chechnya Rights Draft |
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HRW: The Situation in Chechnya and Ingushetia Deteriorates Tortures in Chechnya - What has happened with 72 amnestied fighters? |
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Chechen Woman Convicted of Terrorism No students sent down, university officials say Assassination attempt on Zyazikov |
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| Chechen Human Rights
Defender receives Martin Ennals Award Satsita tent camp to be dismantled by end of April |
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| Amnesty International:
Situation worsens in Ingushetia 20 Ingush students sent down for taking part in rally Chechen government asks Red Cross for help Passenger bus fired on in Grozny |
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| Chechen refugee camp
closes Russia: Authorities Close Ingush Camp, But Call Returns To Chechnya Voluntary Payment of lost-housing compensations in Chechnya not satisfactory Family Shot in Chechnya’s Urus-Martanov District Khanbiev speaks at the United Nations Commission forHuman Rights |
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| Attack on antiwar picket
in Saint Petersburg Sputnik refugee camp dismantled in Ingushetia Mass meeting in Grozny Chechnya war sees rise of Russian ultranationalism Crime in a camp for Chechen refugees |
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| Large
scale cleansing operation underway in Chechen villages Seventy-eight Chechen residents have been kidnapped in the republic since the beginning of the year... One of the "death squads" has been accurately identified - this is OKU FSB RF for the North Caucasus A brutal murder in «MTF-2» refugee camp Almost three dozen people killed in Chechnya last week SNO needs help Chechens stage protest over abductions |
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| Chechen president
protests at Russian media portrayal of his nation One dead, three wounded as helicopter fires on jeep in Ingushetia One Ingush teenager killed, two wounded by Russian chopper Russia categorically opposed to Chechnya debate at UN Military helicopters attack teenagers in Ingushetia Four-year boy hit by APC in Grozny US Urges Russia to Consider «Dire» Situation of Chechen refugees Forcible liquidation of refugee camps in Ingushetia Five bodies with signs of torture found in Chechen capital Budanov Loses Appeal Arrests reported in Arjan kidnap case Suspects in Arjan Erkel's abduction have been detained Students organize rally in front of Ingush government building A mother has been searching for her son abducted in Grozny for four years Chechnya villagers block highway to protest abductions |
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| Fate of those kidnapped
persons still unknown MVD attempts to intimidate organizers of the rally Rally's organizing committee to employees of law-enforcement agencies US Urges Russia
to Consider «Dire» Situation of Chechen refugees
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Russia acting to halt migration from Chechnya?Chechnya suffers infromation blockade Kidnapping are highlited New infromation about hostage siege |
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| Stalinist Purge Victims’
Names Released Policeman kidnapped in Chechnya |
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| Lyudmila Alekseyeva:
displaced persons return to Chechnya from Ingushetia under pressure An assault at the house of former refugees in Katayama settlement Citizen of Ingushetia kidnapped, whereabouts still unknown Complaint lodged by Movement for Human Rights, lost by Moscow City Court New victim of arbitrariness in Grozny streets Russian soldier shoots two hapless residents in Chechen village Soldiers and civilians alike keep dying in Chechnya Adjarian leadership to hire mercenaries in Ukraine and Chechnya New «mop-ups» in Achkhoy-Martan and Sunzha districts Russian soldiers fired at a group of Chechen women Chechen refugees expunged from Ingushetia Appeal: Chechen student in need of scholarship support |
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Russia-Chechnya-landmine
Teenager killed by landmine in Chechnya |
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| Audit Chamber Targets
Chechnya Russia: Police believe abducted relief worker still in Dagestan |
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| Ingush Deputy Interior
Minister Kotiyev attempted to disperse rally. Policemen refused to
carry out his order. Kyrgyzstan: Chechens Rail Against Police |
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| Audit chamber reveals
major abuses of federal funds allocated for Chechnya's reconstruction Calls made to Russian security from phone of kidnapped Dutch aid worker HR activists want to create computerized data base on all those who have disappeared |
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| 3,000 Said Missing in
Chechnya Fewer people kidnapped in Chechnya Kidnappings in Chechnya done by law enforcers Russia: Police believe abducted relief worker still in Dagestan Putin landslide raises eyebrows |
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| Russia Shuts Down Red
Crescent in Chechnya Kidnappings continue in Ingushetia Masked people kidnapped 3 persons in Malgobek |
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| Moscow warns against
politically charging UN commission on human rights Police seize 5-thousand circulation of the «Pravozaschita» newspaper Pace deputy speaker against UN consideration of Chechen issue Elena Batenkova: authorities want to ban antiwar picket |
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| Vote for Putin in
Chechnya is highest in Russia Chechnya breaks "all records" OSCE, PACE Say Russian Election Fell Shy Of Standards Chechen Officials Fill Out Ballots Themselves Explosions at two elecoral districts in Chechnya High voter turnout in Chechen Republic achieved by added ballots Chechens deported by Stalin still waiting to return to Dagestani homes |
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| In Chechnya people
continue to disappear Memorial: Magomed Khambiyev compelled to surrender by taking hostages Arab militant vows attacks on Russia Georgia tackles Chechen conundrum Georgian special services abducted Chechens who had been acquitted by court Kadyrovites continue to seize hostages Anti-War Protesters Arrested in Moscow |
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Statement of Chechen
government on the occasion of Madrid bombings
Chechen
displaced persons under pressure to returnMedical students protest another classmate‘s abduction in Grozny Qatar bombers 'were Russian special forces' |
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| Chechen National Rescue
Committee accuses Russian authorities of forcing Chechen refugees out Refugees from Sputnik flatly refuse returning to Chechnya Unknown assailants abduct Chechen refugee in Ingushetia The Case of the Disappearing Chechens Continues to Stir Controversy in Georgia Raids at Mosques Condemned |
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| Aid agency accuses Russia
of complicity in kidnapping Journalists, rights campaigners under threat from the Kremlin Inside Hurricane-4 |
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URGENT PRESS RELEASE: Oumar Khanbiev will hold a press
conference in Strasbourg.
The relatives of Umar
Khanbiev have been arrested by the russian forces and the Kadyrov
Militia - more details |
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CRIMFA: Russians kidnapped 16 relatives of Chechen Minister of health Dr. Oumar Khanbiev.
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| Information Center of the
Council of Chechen NGOs faces threat of closure Special operation” imposed on refugee camp Satsita Grozny: university student abducted Grozny High School Robbed "Putin has turned the country into a torture chamber" Chechens in Georgia are worried |
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| Drunken contract soldier
shot down policeman and local resident in Chechnya Frequency of special operations is increasing in Ingushetia Caucasus Jewish leader murdered Another organization claims responsibility for Moscow metro blast Detained Qatari nationals unaccounted for in Russia U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Committee on Conscience |
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Missing Chechens found in Russian Prison |
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| Pressure intensifies to
close Ingush refugee camps Human rights group speaks out on kidnappings Chechen diplomat foresees growing hatred of Russians Helsinki group calls election annulment |
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| Unknown Chechen group
issues statement to claim responsibility for Moscow metro blast Council of Nongovernmental Organizations site reports kidnappings in Chechnya |
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Unknown Chechen Group Claims Moscow Metro Blast |
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| As more Chechens go
missing, critics blame president's son Number of victims of the truck blast near the village of Bamut grew up by five peple. Chechens in Georgia Fear of `Secret Extraditions' |