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Releases on Human Rights in Chechnya
Note:
The following press releases are a selection coming form very different
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responsible for its content and the opinions expressed therein do not
necessarily reflect my views and opinions.
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remains of children who perished in the terrorist act buried Charges Filed in Beheading Case Memorial: From the conflict zone - Ingushetia Vostok battalion commander charged with wrongdoing in Borozdinovskaya Activists Discuss Chechen Abductions Committee formed against torture, "cleansings", and "filtration" Mass detention in Chechnya Mass detention in Chechnya Invaders and their henchmen continue to kidnap in the Chechen Republic Peaceful demonstration of refugees fired at in Grozny |
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| Torture in Russia Police officer, his relative shot dead Dozens flee Chechen village for second time The "Vostok" Battalion really was in Borozhinovsk |
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| Chechen Victims
of 1944 Stalinist Deportation Say Compensation "Insulting" The Chechen women demand to release the people, kidnapped by invaders Abduction of M. Muradov and pressure imposed on the humanitarian organization "Save the Generation" in the Chechen Republic Reports from the Chechen Republic |
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| Reports from the
Chechen Republic Borozdinovskaia victims still missing Two kidnapped in Chechnya Russian soldiers on trial for civilian killings in Chechnya Beslan victims talk to Kulayev Dagestan Gunmen Threaten to Kill Policemen's Relatives Abducted people to miss another month Chechen minister: eleven missing after June security sweep The Chechen refugees have returned to Borozdinovskaya for money People who participated in "the zachistka" of Borozdinovskya detained Strasbourg Court refuses to re-consider Chechens' case Czech Aid Agency Says Russia Forces Closure of Chechnya Office |
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Chechens live outside the Chechen Republic? Bomb orphans nine Events in Chechnya Reports from the Chechen Republic The Beslan terrorist confirms victims' statements Chechen People Need Peace, Not Just Reconstruction Aid Spate of abductions of women in Chechnya Chechen activists rally in Grozny to seek retrial in Ulman case |
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targeting human rights group Refugee camps fail to meet standards Natural Disasters and Aerial Attacks in Itum-Kalinsky District of Chechnya Reports from the Chechen Republic Chechnya sees growth in number of patients with oncological diseases, tuberculosis and nervous disorders Russian NGOs to be brought under financial control UN to maintain aid for Chechnya, appeals for millions Human rights groups give killed, missing figures "Mop-up" at refugee camp in Ingushetia AFP correspondent Ali Astamirov kidnapped exactly two years ago in Ingushetia Russians' Appeals to Court Bring Intimidation, Death Relatives of Missing and Dead Told Not to Go to Rights Body |
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Chechen wars killed 300,000 Chechen Villagers Refuse to Go Home Abductions in Chechnya Bombing outside of the train-schedule "Hemayat": 98 Chechen refugees in Austria have passed treatment for consequences of tortures New attacks and abductions in Chechnya IC-RCFS: Reports from the Chechen Republic: about disappearances, abductions and other events in the Chechen Republic |
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| Chechnya:
Does Outrage Over Borozdinovskaya Sweep Presage Change Of Russian
Tactics? The Right to be a Refugee Refugees will return to their homes in Chechnya - Putin envoy Official: Chechen wars killed 300,000 Guidelines on the treatment of Chechen internally displaced persons (IDPs), asylum seekers and refugees in Europe |
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the Border, A Village Uprooted by Fear Chechen President Fires Local Leader After Military Operation Prosecutor General's office opens kidnapping investigation in Chechnya 80 % of refugees waiting for a political refuge in Lithuania are Chechens Deceived and forgotten Girl stabs father's torturer For several weeks Russian chastisers kidnapped and killed 15 young women |
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Protest Abductions Sweeping under after zachistka Displaced Chechen villagers stage protest in Dagestan Kozak Takes Control to Oppose Kidnapping The North Ossetian Commission: The hostages got killed as a result of firing at the school Russia: Police Brutality Shows Traces Of Chechnya 'Fighting Wahhabism' UNESCO to open psychological rehabilitation centers in Chechnya |
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CHECHEN AUTHORITIES ADMIT UPSWING IN ABDUCTIONS Beatings
became endemic |
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Rights Official Admits Over 50 Mass Graves in Chechnya 70
abductions registered in Chechnya in 2005 |
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| Fifteen
hurt as Chechnya train derails; Russia calls it 'terrorism' Justice unwelcome Numbers exaggerated? "Mothers of Beslan" have ceased the hunger-strike and go to Moscow for continuation of the action Chechen orphans receive 'training' through the programs of their parents' murderers |
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| Russia covering
tracks of crimes against humanity Continuing Persecution of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society - Its partner organisation closed down by Authorities Disappearances of people continue in Chechnya Utter abuse causes protest The Application of the APS of the ChRI to legal organizations |
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Events in
Chechnya Six men abducted in Prigorodnoye Chechnya Urgent Action: Killing of Six Civilians in the Chechen Republic by Russian Forces Three days' victims Ingushetia victimised War hits children Military violates rights in crackdown Ingush officials targeted The March of Peace Brussels - Strasbourg has reached Luxembourg Beslan Mothers Protest Against Newly Appointed Republican Leader |
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Federation: Nizhnii Novgorod Society for Human Rights ordered to halt
activities Chastisers fire at village Dai for evidences of the peasants in the "Ulman's case" Maskhadov's Sister Tells of 6-Month Detention Man arrested by "Kadyrovites" found dead Russian troops carry out 10 pct of Chechen kidnaps |
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Relatives of Aslan Maskhadov freed The killing of six
civilians near Dai, Chechen Republic |
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FROM THE CONFLICT ZONE BULLETIN OF HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER MEMORIAL - APRIL 2005 Beslan
Hostage-Taker Blames Russian Forces for School Bloodbath |
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day in Chechnya: three have disapperead without a trace, two
surrendered, four have gone to join the fighters Student abducted in Chechnya Abductions in Chechnya Abuse in Chechnya, Ingushetia Human rights activists haven't been able to explain, what has happened with seven relatives of Maskhadov Additional information concerning people abducted and disappeared in Chechnya |
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of the citizens of the CRI Mop-up takes place in Martan-Chu Putin says human rights need attention Two people, one of them policeman, found killed in Grozny |
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European Parliament condemns killing of Maskhadov Security Forces
Enjoy 'Impunity' for Chechnya Abuses: Amnesty |
| CPJ disturbed by
new FSB harassment on journalist Yuri Bagrov Human rights defenders share grave figures Belarus extradites Chechen militant to Russia |
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| Thousands
Rally in Chechnya to Protest After Russia Acquits Troops of Murdering
Civilians Chechnya Ulman Case: Russian Officers Acquitted of murdering Civilians While Admitting to the Killings Public organisation sued for incitement |
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Impunity in Chechnya. IHF Report Documents Almost Total Lack of Accountability Court acquits 4 RF servicemen accused of
killing Chechens |
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Ingush authorities dismantle flooded
refugee camp IC-RCFS: Reports from the Chechen Republic (#1276-1282) Critical Journalist Jailed for 2 Years The Moscow Times Beslan relatives stall trial of Chechen militant Public organisation leader becomes 'pre-holiday clean-up' victim St Petersburg authorities discriminate against human rights defenders Women targeted in Chechnya Dozens killed, dozens kidnapped in Chechnya this year, Memorial states |
| Events in Chechnya Reports from the Chechen Republic Chechnya overridden Russia: European Parliament Denounces Rights Abuses In Russia's Marii-El Republic Katayama residents hold protest rally against "oil regiment" in Grozny Costs of war |
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| Russia: Muslims and
Rights Groups Denounce Repression EU-Russia Summit in Moscow: Upsurge of persecution of minorities and xenophobia in Russia IHF Appeals to Chechen Prosecutor Regarding the "Disappearance" of the Head of the Humanitarian NGO "Save the Generation" |
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| The Holiday of the Victory, Stained with
the Chechen Blood Russia: Visiting Leaders Should Be Firm on Rights Statement of the Chechen envoy with regard to the Moscow celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Victory Day Women protest against abuse Another abduction in the Shatoi district Chechen Activist Groups Feel Pressure From Russia Medical Action update - Ingushetia, Russian Federation: Doctors publicly branded as terrorists Suicide bomber killed in Grozny planned to blow up police HQ |
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| Russia: Rights Groups Say Fascism, Racism
Flourishing Antifascist action banned in Moscow Starving Chechen women and children call to help them Torture in pre-trial detention Doku Umarov's family taken hostages by the FSB Chechnya's young go to mountains Developments in Chechnya |
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| Almost Five Months and the Whereabouts of
Aslan Maskhadov's Relatives Remain Unknown Public March against War and Russian occupation Europe and Central Asia: Human rights activists harassed, tortured and persecuted Appeal Case: The Russian-Chechen Friendship Society under threat Chechen refugees appeal for help Reconnoiter officers on trial for the murder of Chechen civilians MVD of Ingushetia violates human rights |
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1 May 2005 |
As disappearances continue Police Forcibly End Opposition Protest In Ingushetia Attention! The next provocation. When opening of our site in Ingushetia, you are directed to the false double-site. Victims who fled Beslan siege lose compensation |
29 April 2005 |
Arrests of local residents
taking place in Shali District Hundreds injured by land-mine blasts in Chechnya over years Reports from the Chechen Republic Old Atagi, Chechnya: chronicles of atrocities and tyranny North Caucasus: European Commission Eyes Reconstruction Work In North Caucasus Daily costs Chechen President demands crack-down on kidnappers No progress made in combating Chechen abductions Over 2,500 abducted or missing in Chechnya since Sep.1999 |
26 April 2005 |
More than twenty people have been
kidnapped within the space of one month in two districts of Chechnya They convicted Aslan Maskhadov posthumously Refugees as a change card UN Scolds Belarus but Ignores Chechnya The Associated Press Relatives of Slain Chechen Leader Maskhadov to Sue Russia Over Secret Burial |
13 April 2005 |
Humanitarian workers in North Caucasus
fear punitive measures Russian Federation: 1,700 people currently listed disappeared in Chechnya SRCF: Reports from the Chechen Republic -abductions Georgia to Pay EUR 84,500 to 13 Chechens Russian independent journalists decry state control Ingush president meets with EU delegation Russians indicted for roles in jet blasts |
| 9 April 2005 | Over 3,000 Civilians Killed in Chechnya in
Last 5 Years Northern Caucasus: Commission allocates €22,5/28 million for victims of conflict in Chechnya European Commission to promote “export of democracy” in the Caucasus |
6 April 2005 |
New
report by the IHF
"Chechnya: More of the Same. Extrajudicial killings, Enforced "Disappearances", Illegal Arrests, Torture" 14 Chechen refugees detained in Transcarpathia The president's aide: No one knows a precise number of kidnapped people in Chechnya Ombudsman Confirms Violation of Human Rights Russian persecution of Muslims increases Three people kidnapped during the past twenty-four hours in Chechnya |
| Local man abducted, found dead Lukin Blames All Sides in Chechnya "Clean-up" operations and abductions in Chechnya AI: Russian Federation: Russian police officer found guilty of crimes against the civilian population in the Chechen Republic Sweep underway in Chechen village Four people kidnapped in Achkhoi-Martanovsky district Major Embezzlement Uncovered in Chechnya Restoration Program Mashadov's Family has Officially Requested Aslan Mashadov's Body from the State Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation |
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30 March 2005 |
Russian Policeman Jailed for 11 Years for
Torturing Chechen Detainee Local government official abducted in Chechnya Detentions of Chechens underway Various reports from the Chechen Republik |
29 March 2005 |
Rebel leaders' relatives abducted, destiny
still unknown Boyeviks who wore soldiers' uniforms kill Chechen clergymen |
| Human Rights Watch: Worse Than a War
“Disappearances” in Chechnya—a Crime Against Humanity Authorities put pressure on Ingushetia.Ru
website
Former Russian Minister Faces Danish Lawsuit for Chechnya War Crimes Human rights catastrophe Accepting genocide New victim of extrajudicial execution Urus-Martan district. The administrative head in the village Tangi-Chu abducted |
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| We Fear for the Safety of
Our Colleagues in the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society Reports from the Chechen
Republic
Prosecutors Withhold Real Death Toll of Moscow Theater Siege Civil protests in Chechen Republic |
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17 March 2005 |
Editor of IC RCFS Oksana Chelysheva
subjected to personal threats RUSSIA: Authorities intensify persecution
of independent newspaper
Occupants have captured relatives of Dokku Umarov Still no data on Maskhadov's missing relatives - rights activists Reports from the Chechen Republic |
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FSB interrogates Chechen correspondents
from IC RCFS
Continuing Prosecution of the Chechen
Committee for National Salvation (ChCNS)
SRCF Press Release No. 1206, 1207
Rights activists demand Maskhadov's body be returned Maskhadov house blown up by Russian authorities Maskhadov body furore escalates Chechens in Jordan launch protest The Anti-Semitic Roots of Anti-Chechen Propaganda |
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FROM THE CONFLICT ZONE BULLETIN OF HUMAN
RIGHTS CENTER MEMORIAL March 2005
Russian Federation/Chechnya: Human Rights Concerns for the 61st Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights Russian Soldiers Forced to Sign Contract to Fight in Chechnya Now let the Chechens select their leaders |
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| Aslan Maskhadov Killed Appeal from the family of Aslan Maskhadov
to the leaders of the countries of the world community
Russians split on killing of Chechen Overwhelming majority of Chechens regret Maskhadov’s death Women of Beslan Take to Streets on Women's Day |
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8 March 2005 |
Health
crisis brews in Russia's Chechnya
Russia's Chechens Top UN List of Asylum Seekers Muscovites Hold Rally in Memory of Beslan Victims, Organizer Detained Russia says US rights report was biased CPJ seeks to halt intimidation in Chechnya Russian occupation soldiers destroy computer club in Chechnya The Chechen Invalids in Baku Temporarily Stopped the Action of Hunger-strike Women-doctors must be acquitted of suspicion Thirty abduction in Chechnya in 2005 In Orléans, the spectacular arrest of two Chechen refugees Illness rate in Chechnya five-to-ten times higher than in Russia Witness in Ulman case confesses to firing control shots Chechen Refugees Call Ministry Corrupt Disabled Chechen War Veteran Returns Medals to Russian Defense Minister |
| Moscow Police Disperse Rally by Relatives
of Policemen Killed in Chechnya Moscow cautions EU against "speculating" on Chechnya Prosecutor’s visit in Chechnya Antiwar picket banned in Saint Petersburg Russia Angry With U.S. Human Rights Report Chechen Committee condemns persecutions of refugees Six bodies found in Grozny |
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2 March 2005 |
Relatives of Russian Plane Crash Victims
Appeal to Strasbourg Court Panelists call for regulation of Russian Internet Zachistka with kidnapping Ustinov to look into Chechnya abductions |
| 1800 people disappear in
Chechnya over 5 years Young Chechen Woman Unfairly Sentenced to Jail Term - IHF Calls for Fair Appeal Proceedings Court ruling against Russia could be first of many Strasbourg court considering over 120 Chechnya cases Chechens Fight for Compensation |
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| European Court Says
Russia Abused Human Rights in Chechnya Chechen refugees in
Azerbaijan threaten to expand hunger strike over aid
Human rights activists under attack in St. Petersburg |
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| Chechen invalids and ill people have
declared a hunger-strike Russian Commander in Chechnya Vows to Kill 3 Rebels for Every Soldier Interior Ministry says journalist will not be deported Belarus Extradites 2 Chechens to Russia |
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| Chechnya: Conflict Empties Villages Alkhanov Confirms, Condemns Kindapping of Maskhadov's Relatives Some Chechens obliged to contribute to Kadyrov's memorial Attacking human rights activists Invaders and collaborators seize Chechen children |
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| Russia is accused of backing rule by
terror in Chechnya Russian Government Using Counterterrorism as a Pretext: New Report Highlights Impact on Human Rights Defenders Rights organization's kidnapping reports overstated - Chechen official Beslan relatives bring fight for justice to Moscow Conflict Empties Villages |
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| State Is Failing Terror Victims, Survivors
and Relatives Claim Chechen Abductions Ignored, Activists Say Chechen refugees in Moldova : from the military hell to the hell of bureaucracy CPJ concerned about journalist's pending deportation |
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| Kadyrov's people commit 75% of crimes in
Chechnya Arsanov Tortured at Kadyrov Jail Ramzan Kadyrov to press charges against human rights acticists United Nations human rights chief Louise Arbour to visit Chechnya From the Conflict Zone: Bullettin of Human rights Center "Memorial" Chechnya: kidnappings of peaceful civilians continue |
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| Call for Council of Europe Secretary
General - Support of Human Rights Defenders at Risk on Behalf of
their Work in Chechnya 11 months [have passed] since the day of abduction of Rashid Ozdoyev Investigation has started Deportation anniversary mourning rally planned in Chechnya Russian president sends birthday congratulations to dissidents’ henchman Moscow: Rally in support of Akhmadov's peace plan, for an interim administration in Chechnya Human rights lawyer Magomadov freed |
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| 6 people kidnapped in
Chechnya Russian human rights groups back talks with Maskhadov Putin Asks UN For New Standards On Human Rights Putin Says 'Objective' Criticism Is OK Chechen Abductions CE human rights commissioner calls for end to violence in Chechnya Chechen leader slams Russian human rights group, exonerates deputy minister Appeal: Cease-Fire in Chechnya and Talks with Maskhadov are Necessary Maskhadov's relative, believed abducted, found in prison |
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| Right activists: Kadyrovtsy are Cechnya's
main problem Abductions Continue Fear for safety/torture/ "disappearance" Assault victims stage rally Human rights reports ignored |
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| Chechnya: Open Letter to the
Prosecutor of Chechnya regarding the Disappearances Family accuses Russia of backing kidnap of Chechen rebel leader's siblings Abductions — a major problem Chechen residents unlawfully taken from their homes Strasbourg court to announce Chechen ruling in late February |
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| Abductions now target housewives,
teenagers in war-torn Chechnya Russians Arrest Chechen Schoolboy for Killing Servicemen Chechen Refugee Committee Created in Ingushetia Norwegian migration officials assess human rights situation in Chechnya and Ingushetia Four locals seized during military mop-up in Baytarki Kadyrov's forces "mop up" Vedeno district |
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4 Feb. 2005 |
Military Terror in Vedensky Region ChKNS faces new investigation by Ingushetian Prosecutor’s Office Chechen teenager's killer won't be amnestied Three more people kidnapped in Chechnya |
| Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee
discusses situation in the North Caucasian region with the Russian
authorities Kadyrov Pledges to Halt Abductions in Chechnya Resolution of the Chechnya seminar in Helsinki Human Rights Activists Say Police Involved In Abductions Bombing and shelling terror in Chechnya continues |
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| Russia Investigates Kidnappings of Chechen
Rebel Leader Maskhadov's Relatives Criminal case opened on Maskhadov relatives' kidnapping European Court declares IDP's application admissible Local man abducted in Chechnya Chechen Human Rights Lawyer Still Missing Chechen govt to intensify efforts to stop abductions |
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| 31 Jan. 2005 | Special services' deliveries Ransom for
kidnapped foreigners receive agents of the FSB From the conflict zone - Bulletin of human rights center Memorial december 2004 |
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Beslan team accuses top officials
FSB Investigates Paper for Rebel StatementsRussian Military Denies Beslan Probe Findings Special Militia Force officer on trial for torturing Chechens Four Chechen policemen kidnapped Russia: Poetry web site bans verses on Chechnya and other topics Four veterans of first Chechen war detained in Shali |
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| Retrial of 2 servicemen accused of
murdering Chechen civilians Russian Federation: Concerns over reports of "disappearances" of relatives of Aslan Maskhadov Militants kill two women in Grozny FSB Investigates Paper for Rebel Statements Russian reporter 'silenced' for Chechnya coverage |
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| Amnesty International: Urgent action on
disappearance of Chechen lawyer Human Rights Defender Abducted - Russian Government Targeting Rights Activists Working on Chechnya Fearing extradition, Chechen leader declines invitation to seminar in Finland Participants in Beslan protest act agree to unblock highway |
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22 Jan. 2005 |
Publication of Chechen Separatist
Statements Sparks FSB Searches in Central Russia Beslan residents protest over Russian "cover-up" Russian Federation: Human rights group threatened by security forces Human rights lawyer abducted in Chechnya: IHF expresses deep concern for his safety Open Letter Abduction of Human Rights Lawyer Makhmut Magomadov Editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Free Word" Pavel Lyuzakov arrested Waiting to exhale in Ingushetia Flagrant Fabrication of Terrorism Charge Human rights activists’ call to speak out Chechen villages become deserted Whereabouts of abducted Ingush man remain a mystery |
21 Jan. 2005 |
Beslan Residents Block Major Highway,
Demand Top Official's Resignation FSB Raids the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society They kidnap in Ingushetia and and kill in Chechnya. Usual practice of "death squads" "To stop the destruction of the Chechen people!" [Appeal from Chechen organizations] Renowned Chechen lawyer abducted in Grozny |
20 Jan. 2005 |
Chechnya: Who Is Behind
Human Abductions? Open Letter to President Putin on the Kidnappings of Aslan Maskhadov’s Relatives by Chechen Enforcement Agencies TB outbreak three times higher in Chechnya than in Russia Chechen student's sentence to be appealed |
17 Jan. 2005 |
Russia does its best to protect human
rights in Chechnya, says Russian defence minister Special operations are going on all over Ingushetia. People in fear People Leave Highland Settlements in Chechnya Red Cross official missing in Grozny Missing Red Cross worker found in Chechnya The case of Zelimkhan Murdalov |
| New Year, New Brutality Kidnappers arrive on BTRs Former Russian Military Cadet Behind Spate of Terrorist Attacks Russian Rights Group Confirms Abduction of Maskhadov Relatives Detention of Maskhadov's relatives denied Illegal FSB Armed Search of the Offices of the Council of Non-governmental Organizations (SNO) in Nazran, Ingushetia Chechnya: New Year, old style - Abductions, robberies, executions… |
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| Daughter of Late Chechen
President Kadyrov Detained, Beaten up in Dagestan Grozny resident asks for help in securing release of her husband Kadyrov's Band Committed Foray on Khasavyurt Mop-up in Nazran-based Chechen NGO Destiny of Maskhadov's relatives remains unknown Open Letter to the Prosecutor of the Chechen Republic regarding the disappearance of Zaurbek Gaziev on 1 January 2005 Russian Officers on Trial for Killing Chechen Civilians Russians win human rights prize |
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| 11 Jan. 2005 | New Year sees new violence in Chechnya Reports: Maskhadov Relatives Abducted A lawyer is missing in the Chechen Republic |
| At least 175 Chechens abducted in 2004
still missing Reporters Without Borders are Dissatisfied with Freedom of Speech in Russia Poland Became Our Prison Body of detainee found in Serzhen-Yurt Itar-Tass: Christmas service ministered in only Orthodox temple of Grozny Chechen dancer kidnapped in Grozny |
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| Released Chechen Fears of `Secret
Extradition 'Six go missing in Chechnya Russia urged to protect rights in Chechnya Mashkadov relatives kidnapped in Grozny [open letter to the EP] |
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| 4 Jan. 2005 | Massive Captures of Mujahiddeen Families
in Chechnya Grenade blast at Grozny market injures six people |