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 (mainly from the Chechnya Yahoo Group) and is not responsible for its content.

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30 May 2003
New AI report on the Russian Federation:Covering events from January - December 2002
28 May 2003
"Death Squadrons" expand the sphere of their activity in Chechnya
28 May 2003
Meeting of protest in Grozny
28 May 2003
10 killed in Chechnya
27 May 2003
Russian soldiers killed six innocent people
27 May 2003
Polluted underground water could cause environmental catastrophe in Caucasus
25 May 2003
Memorial: about the execution of a Chechen family  
24 May 2003
Chechnya Stricken by Tuberculosis
24 May 2003
Call for help from Chechnya: Another human rights activist shot dead by Russian death squads
24 May 2003
3 abducted, 2 go missing in Chechnya on Thursday
22 May 2003
Federation council speaker: raising issue of "international tribunal on Chechnya" illegitimate
22 May 2003
Mironov Says That To Raise the Issue Of the “International Tribunal For Chechnya” Is Illegal
22 May 2003
Federation council speaker: raising issue of "international tribunal on Chechnya" illegitimate
22 May 2003
22 May 2003
Russian invaders kidnap teenagers and students
22 May 2003
Seven people shot dead in Kalinovskaya
19 May 2003
Mass murder in Naur district of Chechnya
19 May 2003
90,000 Refugees Afraid To Leave Ingushetia, U.N. Official Says
19 May 2003
Human rights activists criticize Putin's amnesty
19 May 2003
Basayev takes responsibility for Znamenskoye explosion and death of Gazimagomadov
19 May 2003
SRChF/CT: Relatives of the illegally detained people appeal for help
19 May 2003
Violations of journalists' rights in Chechnya - April 2003
17 May 2003
17 May 2003
UN denies Human Rights Violations in Chechnya! List of people who are refused Justice after death (Part II)
17 May 2003
Chechen refugees pin their hopes on the West
16 May 2003
Forgotten People: Chechnya's Diaspora
16 May 2003
UN denies Human Rights Violations in Chechnya! List of people who are refused Justice after death (Part I)
15 May 2003
Report from the Chechen Republic
15 May 2003
Life after referendum
14 May 2003
Death toll from bomb blast in Chechnya over 20
14 May 2003
New attack in Chechnya kills at least 12
14 May 2003
14 May 2003
Death toll climbs to 56 in the Znamenskoye explosion
14 May 2003
200 call to find kidnapped aid worker
14 May 2003
Security Still an Illusion in Chechnya
13 May 2003
Blast in Znamenskoye kills 27 women, 8 children
13 May 2003
Truck Bomb Death Toll Reaches 52
13 May 2003
Doctors Without Borders Mission Chief Alive
13 May 2003
MSF: Refugee Crisis Looms in Ingushetia
12 May 2003
12 May 2003
Kidnappings & robbery
12 May 2003
245 people missing in Chechnya in 2003
12 May 2003
Malcolm Hawkes: Chechnya needs precedent at the European Court in Strasbourg
12 May 2003
Chechen human rights defenders seek meeting with European counterparts
8 May 2003
People are disappearing in Grozny's Oktyabrski district
8 May 2003
Grozny resident abducted
8 May 2003
Human Right Centre reports that Chechens dropped from helicopters
8 May 2003
Kadyrov urges distribution of aid through Chechen authorities
7 May 2003
Officials accused of ousting refugees to Chechnya
7 May 2003
Lawyer: Russian Army Plagued by Violence
6 May 2003
14 Russian soldiers leave their unit in North Ossetia
6 May 2003
2 kidnappers go on trial
6 May 2003

Refugees Pin Hopes On Czech Republic

6 May 2003
Refugees being forced to leave Ingushetia? & Human costs of war mount
6 May 2003
Chechens Afraid to Return, Group Says
1 May 2003
Audit chamber head says Grozny resembles Stalingrad's ruins
1 May 2003
Civic group worker Murad Muradov abducted in Prigorodnoye
30 April 2003
Russian military continue to punish and terrorize civilian population in Chechnya
30 April 2003
New arrest tactics developed in Chechnya
30 April 2003
MSF says Chechens too scared to go home
27 April 2003
Two brothers abducted in Chechnya's Goity village
27 April 2003
Chechen security services continue to arrest Chechens in Ingushetia
27 April 2003
Blast injures 4 in Chechnya
25 April 2003
Chechnya's rebuilding ineffective
25 April 2003
Rights group sees no improvement
25 April 2003
Russia: U.S. Congressional Panel Criticizes Putin Over Chechnya
25 April 2003
Chechens flood into Czech Republic
25 April 2003
Rights Abusers Let Off at U.N. - Pressure Groups
25 April 2003
Russian Soldiers and Chechen police blamed for disappearances
25 April 2003
Chechens from Polish refugee camps continue to apply for asylum in the Czech Republic
25 April 2003
Fallen between two millstones
25 April 2003
6 found dead in Chechnya
25 April 2003
A killed Chechen was arrested by Federal troops 3 weeks ago.
24 April 2003
Human rights defenders: Despite referendum, the situation in Chechnya remains unchanged
24 April 2003
3 tortured bodies found in Grozny
23 April 2003
Official: 16 killed in bus explosion last week
21 April 2003
Russian who worked with slain deputy seeks asylum in US
21 April 2003
Ingushetia: Authorities and human rights defenders agree to cooperate
20 April 2003
Dozens of Chechens from refugee camps in Poland apply for asylum in the Czech Republic
20 April 2003
Violations of journalists' rights in Chechnya
20 April 2003
Murders and abductions in Chechnya in the past three weeks
20 April 2003
Chechen refuges went on hunger strike
18 April 2003
AI: Russian Federation: Racial intolerance must be stamped out
18 April 2003
Chechnya's referendum to be contested in court
18 April 2003
From the UN: How particular countries voted on the Chechnya resolution
18 April 2003
18 April 2003
Official: Russian troops involved kidnappings
18 April 2003
Chechen refugees hold protest action in Pankisi
18 April 2003
Victims of "clean-up" operation still not released
18 April 2003
ACPC Condemns UN Human Rights Commission Failure on Chechnya
18 April 2003
HRW on UN Commission on Human Rights vote
18 April 2003
18 April 2003
Vladimir Putin's envoy for HR denounces report of mass killings of civillians in Chechnya
15 April 2003
Sakharov's widow blocks proposed Moscow monument
15 April 2003
Pro-Kremlin Chechen vice-premier comments on Le Monde article
15 April 2003
The UN humanitarian mission arrived in Chechnya on Tuesday
15 April 2003
Kadyrov defends Chechens from Le Monde
15 April 2003
Prosecutors deny information about civilians murdered in Chechnya
15 April 2003
Rights Group Blasts Russia on Chechens
15 April 2003
Crime Reports Defy Russian Claims of Greater Calm in Chechnya
15 April 2003
Pro-Moscow Chechen leader doubts Le Monde's mass executions report
12 April 2003
Russian's "squadrons of death" in action
12 April 2003
US will not co-sponsor UN resolution on rights abuses in Chechnya
11 April 2003
UN needs $33.7m for Chechnya humanitarian programs
11 April 2003
Kadyrov urges EU to focus on Iraq instead of Chechnya
11 April 2003
Kremlin lashes out at EU over criticism about Chechnya
10 April 2003
U.N. Should Censure Russia Over Chechnya Abuses. Three “Disappearances . a Week Documented
9 April 2003
9 April 2003
9 April 2003
Misdistribution of humanitarian aid infuriated Chechens
9 April 2003
Sultygov meets with UN High Commisioner for Refugees
7 April 2003
N. Khramov: Tribunal for Chechnya is not unrealistic
7 April 2003
Russia criticizes US State Dept. report
7 April 2003
Mass graves with maimed bodies discovered in Chechnya
7 April 2003
4 Mass Graves Found in Chechnya
7 April 2003
Chechens: "bus explosion is Russian Intelligence work"
5 April 2003
Press violations in Chechnya - February 2003
3 April 2003
Confidential report from OSCE about the Referendum
3 April 2003
Bus explosion in Chechnya
3 April 2003
3 April 2003
Aid group demands Putin to solve kidnapping
2 April 2003
Russian ombudsman calls for mass grave probe, backs amnesty
2 April 2003
Soldiers and Chechen rebels criticized in U.S. report
2 April 2003
Russian soldiers accused of killings in Chechnya: answer by Russia's Press Minister
2 April 2003
Russian soldiers accused of killings in Chechnya
1 April 2003
HRW Briefing Paper on the Situation of Ethinic Chechens in Moscow
1 April 2003
MSF plans rally over kidnapped aid worker
1 April 2003
PACE to discuss results of Chechen referendum
1 April 2003
Chehcnya Court urged
1 April 2003
OSCE's human rights office calls for sustained political process in Chechnya