Latest press releases on human rights in Chechnya - News from the Chechen Republic

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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29 Feb. 2004	Last refugees left Bart camp in Ingushetia Chechen refugees being urged to move from tents to houses Flood victims rally in Grozny Collaborators shot a disabled person before his mother's eyes Protest rally in Chiri-Yurt Invaders commit atrocities in Ingushetia Invaders blow up Chechen peaceful civilians
28 Feb. 2004	Russia "forcing" camp closures «Satsita» will be liquidated by force SRChF Death squads operating on territory of Ingushetia New Kidnappings in Chechnya Russian Chekists “Find” Chechens Who Disappeared in Tbilisi Returning Refugees Abandoned to the Mercy of Fate
27 Feb. 2004	Qatar Charges Russians in Chechen Leader Murder & various Young nationalists disrupted a solemn St. Petersburg commemoration
26 Feb. 2004	Pressures increase on refugees in Ingushetia Kadyrov forces implicated in kidnappings Annyversary goes unobserved in Grozny Russian security services said to be protecting Basev Misuse of Chechen aid funding gets attention Limited return for OSCE to Chechnya
25 Feb. 2004	Russia says no need to discuss Chechnya at UN human rights session Kadyrov's son blamed for anti-Chechen hostility in Ingushetia The Closing of Chechen Refugee Camps Delayed Actions in memory of victims of 1944 deportation take place in Ingushetia Peaceful demonstrators arrested in Moscow
24 Feb. 2004	Organizers of unauthorized picket detained in Moscow People arrested at Chechen anniversary meeting in Moscow to appeal to Europe ECHR Mission Visits Georgia over Chechens' Case
23 Feb. 2004	Chechen govt cites abduction statistics UN accuses Russia of forcing Chechen refugees to return home Chechen refugees ask Russia`s Putin not to close camps
22 Feb. 2004	U.S. Reporter's Russian Driver Missing After Trip to Chechnya
20 Feb. 2004	Gas and water supply to refugee accommodation centers cut off with view of safety, Ingush authorities say UNHCR concerned about gas cuts in Ingushetia's settlements Unidentified people abducted a resident of Grozny Man shot dead in Chechen village Rally in memory of deportation of Chechen people banned in Moscow Moscow authorities ban peaceful political meeting Police breaks up peaceful action of journalists in Tbilisi Independent media protests against storming Iberia TV company Russia says returning Chechens will be treated fairly Arab mercenary paid $4.5m for Moscow metro blast Chechen refugees stage protest in Georgia Ban on lessons of peace arranged by center of Chechen culture "Vaynakh" in Yekaterinburg schools Refugees in Pankisi are indignant at duplicity of Georgian authorities Chechen human rights defenders continue to receive training ininternational law
19 Feb. 2004	Russian Federation: Out of control: Anti-Chechen sentiment in Moscow post-metro blast Human Rights Center "Memorial" demands to stop fanning anti-Chechen sentiments in Moscow Kadyrov implicated in kidnappings upsurge; said to be behind election postponement Russians ousting international organizations from Chechnya Relatives of a detained person turned to human rights people for assistance Relatives and attorneys of two Chechens who disappeared in Georgia stage protest Water supply to Satsita camp of Chechen refugees cut off because of technical reasons
18 Feb. 2004	Estonian MPs set up group in support of Chechen human rights Moscow Prosecutor's Office will have to ground legality of actions during storm of "Nord-Ost" Russia: Democracy on march! OSCE, Russia Agree to Work in Chechnya
17 Feb. 2004	Chechens Say Blast Reignites Backlash Harassment Follows Moscow Bombing Chechen teenager detained by servicemen dies from wounds Kadyrov Talks About The Missing Putin congratulates F.S.B. chief on assassination FSB says suicide bomber caused explosion in Moscow metro
15 Feb. 2004	Kadyrov's collaborators fighting against Chechen women "Peace to Our Home" action devoted to problems of young people in Chechnya
14 Feb. 2004	The Chechen Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the terrorist attack that killed former Chechen President Yandarbiyev Statement by the President and the Government of the ChRI on the occasion of the murder of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev Russian Candidate Rybkin Says He Was Kidnapped, Drugged in Kiev Chechen families leave refugee camp in Ingushetia Russian rights champions call on Kremlin for talks with Chechen leaders A protest in Chechnya The water has been cut off from refugees
13 Feb. 2004	Displaced Chechens fear going back to the life they left behind Ex-Chechen president Yandarbiyev killed
12 Feb. 2004	Prison remain deadly places for Chechne males Union of Chechen Journalists indignant at "Freedom of Speech" program shown by NTV TV Channel Illegally detained residents of Avtury village set free Two Russian servicemen on trial for killing Chechen civilians
11 Feb. 2004	Putin’s position disturbs us Ella Pamfilova: Chechen refugees in Ingushetia are under psychological pressure to return to Chechnya/font> «Memorial» Board member Oleg Orlov «On the Initiative of European Parliament members» FSB asks for licence to kill Metro Blast Toll May Reach 50, Mayor Says Chechen refuges block railway in Austria 90 percent of dwelling houses in Chechnya are ruined Police officer shot down his subordinate Number of cancer patients increasing in Chechnya Rybkin Reappears with No Answers
10 Feb. 2004	Text of statement by the Russian Council of Nongovernmental Organizations President Vladimir Putin responding to Friday's terror attack Chechen Refugees in the Pankisi Gorge Resist Transfer to Russia The three accused confess the killing of state Duma deputy Yushenkov Statement by Human Rights Center "Memorial" on terrorist act in Moscow metro "Memorial" Board member Oleg Orlov "On the Initiative of European Parliament members" ACPC Condemns Moscow Subway Bombing Russian Presidential Candidate Surfaces Missing candidate Rybkin reportedly found Refugees Don’t Want to Return to Chechnya 4th anniversary of bloody "purge" in Noviye Aldy Never say "never"
8 Feb. 2004	Moscow underground bomb: 39 killed Chechens deny involvement in blast Federation Council speaker condemns provocative appeals Statement of Akhmed Zakayev A night-time campaign of kidnappings and murders continues to terrorise Chechnya Chechen president criticizes "inappropriate" remarks after metro blast Chechen "rebel" web sites report killings and arrests by Russian troops in Chechnya Female suicide bomber detained in Chechnya when preparing attack Anna Politkovskaya denies information about "decent conditions" being created for Chechen refugees Police officer killed in Grozny Russian presidential candidate disappears
6 Feb. 2004	Moscow train explosion kills 30 Chechen foreign ministry condemns reported terrorist attack in Moscow and calls for peace talks Statement of the President and the government of the ChRI 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPORTATION OF THE CHECHEN PEOPLE:DEMONSTRATIONS ON 23 FEBRUARY IN BRUSSELS, MOSCOW, PRAGUE, ROME, VILNIUS Ingushetia to demolish refugee tent camp Ingushetia is blocked from all sides Crime rate on rise in Chechnya Russian human rights defenders second initiative of European Parliament members
5 Feb. 2004	Russian soldier's mothers deplore abusive army Soldiers' mothers to form own party
4 Feb. 2004	Kidnappings in Ingushetia Russian troops involved in robbery Threats against expert of Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations Trepashkin Review Car Bomb Kills 2 in Vladikavkaz
3 Feb. 2004	Police say over 400 Chechens disappeared in 2003 Chechnya human rights complaints buried Daymokh: Statement by pres. of the Noy Worldwide Chechen Fund Human rights activists to keep eye on Kadyrov For many Chechen refugees Czech Republic is only transit stop, insists Czech Interior Ministry A corpse bearing signs of violent death is found Two residents of Samashki village disappeared without any traces left A person is seized in Grozny An inhabitant of Grozny reports tortures and a trumped-up case to a public prosecutor and demands to administer justice Russian authorities refuse Danish journalist accreditation Red Cross still without news of abducted employee NGOs launch petition in support of Chechens Hungarian Ecumenical Charity organising aid to Chechnya The Chechen "irreconciliable" trie "to sacrifice civilians" during Kurban-Bairam holiday ICRC allocates $21 million for relief programs in North Caucasus
2 Feb. 2004	Daymokh web site says Russians mining Chechen cemeteries Officials` pressure compels refugees to return to Chechnya Rights Activists Say Abuses Continue in Chechnya
1 Feb. 2004	Czech IntMin declines criticism of its stance on Chechen refugees Purges in Chechnya continue
31 Jan. 2004	Abductors set known Chechen doctor and masseur Khamzat Osmayev free Residents of Starye Atagui village have been living without water forfour years State secret disclosed in the book about terrorist acts Book "FSB Blows Up Russia" can be distributed by anyone who wishes On situation about act of terror in "Nord-Ost" Theatre
30 Jan. 2004	Senior UN official pays visit to Grozny Jan Egeland: too little housing for Chechen returnees Chechen prosecutor assures UN official of falling crime in Chechnya Few refugees were allowed to meet UN s Jan Egeland Too little housing for Chechen returnees Few refugees were allowed to meet UN s Jan Egeland Thousands of Chechens refugees refuse to return home UN refugee agency ambassador Angelina Jolie documents visit to displaced Chechens UN: Grozny too Unsafe for Mission Statement by Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship on murder of Society's volunteer in Chechnya Chechen human rights champion shadowed Printing house in Ingushetia refuses to print Chechen newspaper FSB in a Huff About 4,400 Books
28 Jan. 2004	Senior UN Official Pays Visit to Grozny Anna Politkovskaya: International monitoring is necessary to settle the Chechen situation
27 Jan. 2004	Radical MEP Olivier Dupuis on hunger strike Russia and Council of Europe improve collaboration in Chechnya IHF: Rights Activist Killed Volunteer of Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship killed The chairperson of the regional department of the SRCF apprehends his abduction Man arrested in Chechnya dies from torture Russian servicemen "have taken to the highway": they tried to rob people of money and their jewelry at a checkpoint Abolition of Chechnya human rights post was premature - Pamfilova UN Offered Assurances on Refugees Kadyrov's terror against Chechen family Invaders tried to kill Chechen taxi driver HRW - Glad to be Deceived : the International Community and Chechnya
26 Jan. 2004	Chechnya sees fall in kidnapping cases Large gang abducts two Chechens. There are victims. Chechen rights activists meet UN official to discuss refugee problems Federal officers accused of murdering Chechens stand trial Were four chechen policemen kidnappers?
24 Jan. 2004	Authorities will not speed up resettlement from tent camps Chechen refugees being driven out of Bart camp Settlements of Vedeno and Shali districts are shelled Refugees protest against camp closure The situation in Berkat-Yurt village Murder and abductions in Chechnya O. Dupuis: "Can the Council deny that Voloshin, Basev, and Surikov met together in the territory of the Uniono in July 1999?" Journalists and human rights activists on Sultygov's dismissal as Russian president's human rights representative in Chechnya
23 Jan. 2004	A Russian death squad murders again a Chechen human rights activist Russian troops kill woman after car crash-Chechens Sultygov's resignation will not affect human rights in Chechnya Kadyrov says Kremlin's decision on envoy to Chechnya timely Chechen Deaths Probed
22 Jan. 2004	Putin Gives Chechen Boss Control Over Human Rights Students of Grozny institutes turn to the Chechen TV station for help Threat mounts to Chechen refugees Kadyrov's son accused of beating Chechen captive UN official concerned by Moscow's plans for Chechens Disappearances of people in Grozny are going on Clean up operations continue in Chechnya Chechnya human rights complaints 'buried'
21 Jan. 2004	UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator will visit Ingushetia and Chechnya Chechen refugees given ten days to leave U.N. in Georgia supported by Chechen refugees Sputnik tented camp in Ingushetia's Sunzhenski district could be closedby March 2004 Vedeno District: young girl kidnapped Chechen mothers demand that their sons are returned C.E. mission to come to Chechnya Moscow-based Akhmed_Zakayev:_"Such_cruelty_and_treachery_is_not_known_to_history…"
20 Jan. 2004	Human rights people meet with the Chechen refugees in Ingushetia An assault at residents of Tangui-Tchu village An abduction of a person in Ordjonikidsevskaya settlement Missing people's relatives turn to human rights people for help again
18 Jan. 2004	President of Ingushetia to visit Geneva to settle problem of Chechen refugees Police involved into abductions of locals people Appeal to the 2004 US presidential candidates
17 Jan. 2004	Report on the October 2002 Moscow Hostage-taking incident O. Dupuis: "Does the use of the term <<Chechen network>> without any proof of the involvement of Chechens not constitute incitement to racial hatred?" Putin tells Chechen govt to lay off rights groups
16 Jan. 2004	Chechen refugees in Ingushetia pressured into returning home Aleksandr Podrabinek: seizure of book "FSB Blows Up Russia" is act of intimidation against society Abduction is common practice in Chechnya Terror in bright colors on the children's playgrounds Public organization "Nord-Ost" blames Doctor Leonid Roshal for telling lies
15 Jan. 2004	Journalist's brother makes radio plea to kidnappers to free AFP journalist hostage in Ingushetia AFP journalist Ali Astamirov is in the hands R. Kadyrov's gang Two murders at same time Attempt on life of Aleroi administration head made in Chechnya Belgium-hosted conference calls for Chechen peace talks Chechen refugee abducted in Ingushetia Humanitarian organizations could be ousted...as refugees in Ingushetia are pressured
13 Jan. 2004	Families Appeal to Presidential Hopefuls Unhappy with bombing verdict family will sue in Strasbourg Exiled Russian businessman calls blast sentences "a show" Fire in Chechen refugee camp "Satsita" Chechen NGO in Ingushetia raided Chechen authorities proposed closing tent camps in neighboring Ingushetia by March. Human rights group compares Russian media to "Soviet-era"
12 Jan. 2004	Amnesty International feature on the day of the "disappeared Apartment bombers sentenced to life
11 Jan. 2004	Basayev ready to stop acts of sabotage in Russia
10 Jan. 2004	Chechen refugees will possibly be evicted from three camps Shooting in the village of Gekhi:two people killed, one - arrested A body of the victim of extrajudicial execution found in the Urus- Martan district Three people abducted in the hamlet of Pervomaiskoye
9 Jan. 2004	The Jamestown Foundation: News Intl humanitarian organizations may close programs in Chechnya Chechen State Council to look into causes of slow return of migrants
7 Jan. 2004	The sympathetic action of Austrian society
6 Jan. 2004	Five people abducted in Chechnya Abduction of people - the main obstacle for stability in Chechnya, assert human right activists Dozens of Chechen refugees blocked by Ukrainian military men at frontier with Russia
5 Jan. 2004	Chechen commanders had been tortured with the aid of a drill
3 Jan. 2004	Filtration camps set up throughout Chechnya Refugee camps full, primarily with Chechens Two unidentified male bodies found in Grozny
2 Jan. 2004	Chechnya hit by booby-trap bomb hazard
1 Jan. 2004	Relatives of abducted Ingush resident seek human rights activists' help Sensation or set up?

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