Latest press releases on human rights in Chechnya

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	Official: Death toll from Znamenskoye attack down to 50
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	Casualties of Chechen terrorist act mounto to 60
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	At Least 10 Die in New Chechen Bomb Attack (preliminary data)
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	Chechen truck bomb kills 30, wounds 100 (preliminary data)
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	Liberal lawmaker, critical on the Kremlin policy in Chechnya, shot to death
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	UN: Russia escapes censure over Chechnya
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	Europe criticizes Russian actions in Chechnya
9 April 2003	Council of Europe condemns Grozny bus bombing
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	PACE backs a War Crimes Tribunal for Chechnya Various press releases, comments and reactions.
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

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