01.10.2007 | Photo Exhibition in Commemoration of Anna Politkovskaya
On 7 October 2007, the first anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder, a memorial photo exhibition will be held in the city of Moscow, on Bolotnaya Square, between 11 am and 5 pm »
20.11.2006 | Russian NGO Shadow Report on the Observance of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by the Russian Federation
for the period from 2001 to 2006 »
25.08.2006 | Follow-up on the August 18 Open Letter by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Center “Demos” to the Prosecutor of the Chechen Republic
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21.08.2006 | Open Letter by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l’Hommes (FIDH) and Center “Demos”
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22.05.2006 | As Russia Takes Over the Chair of the Council of Europe It Must Show Respect for Human Rights
Joint call by Amnesty International, Center ‘Demos’, Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Civic Assistance Committee, Human Rights Center ‘Memorial’, Human Rights Watch, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Moscow Helsinki Group, Union of Committees of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia »
02.02.2006 | Council of Europe Comissioner for Human Rights replied to the appeal of human rughts activists against the new Russian legislation on non-governmental organizations
In December last year, a group of prominent Russian human rights defenders addressed Alvaro Gil Rhobles, Commissioner for Human Right of the Council of Europe with their concerns relevant to the new draft-legslation on non-governmental organizations and asked for his assistance withoin the framework of th Commissioner’s mandate. »
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Conflict Zones
Putin, Chechnya … and Politkovskaya. Tanya Lokshina
Among those few Russian journalists who dared write the truth about the second Chechen war, Anna Politkovskaya is number one. That is, she was number one. It's still almost impossible to fully understand and accept that Anna is no more. She was travelling to the armed conflict-zone for so many years, wrote about such burning issues, took such tremendous risks that at some point many of us thought that she had already transcended the danger »
Situation in Chechen Republic, №9, June 2006.
This issue’s topics: The prime-minister gives a report on his first 100 day at the office, tells the police to influence the clergy and presents his Ph. D thesis; Abdul Sadulaev, the president of Ichkeria is killed, Doku Umarov is appointed as his successor; Memorial activists visit former secret prison in Chechnya; Execution in Ingushetia; Authorities are trying to move the refugees out of temporary refuge base in Grozny »
Situation in the Chechen Republic, No.8, May 2006
Issue’s topics: Visit of the delegation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Tsentoroy; Ramzan Kadyrov keeps fighting ORB-2; The cult of the Kadyrovs clan; The conflict between President Alkhanov and Prime Minister Kadyrov; Court proceedings against federal military servicemen; “Cleanings” in Grozny’s TPFs; The fates of abducted Bulat Chilayev and Aslan Israilov; President Alkhanov meets human rights activists
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Situation in the Chechen Republic, No.7, April 2006
Key topics: This survey is dedicated to the development of the situation in the Chechen Republic. The survey is published under the “Development of the multifunctional analytical center on the problems of democracy and human rights” project supported by the Ford Foundation »
Situation in the Chechen Republic, №6, March 2006.
Main themes: Administrative zeal of Ramzan Kadyrov – first days of premiership; list of signatories to the petition on providing the body of Aslan Maskhadov to be buried were handed over to FSB; mass epidemic in Shelkovsky district continues; the case of Aleksei Krivoshonok; statement by political and public figures of the West on the situation »
Situation in the Chechen Republic, No.5, February 2006
What all the observers had been expecting for a long time eventually happened at the end of February of 2006 – Ramzan Kadyrov became the Prime Minister of Chechnya. Even though his formal appointment and approval was finalized in March, that is not the point. Ever since Sergey Abramov gave his resignation notice in late February, no one had had any doubts that Kadyrov would succeed him in the office »
Situation in the Chechen Republic, №3, December 2005
The review offered to readers is focused on the developments in the Chechen Republic. The review is issued within the framework of the project ‘Development of multi-functional analytical centre on the problems of democracy and human rights’ with the support of the Ford Foundation. »
Situation in the Chechen Republic, №2, November 2005
This review is dedicated to the development of the situation in the Chechen Republic. It is published under the project “Development of a multifunctional analytical center for promotion of democracy and human rights” funded by the Ford Foundation. »
Situation in the Chechen Republic, №1, October 2005
The present report is based on the data of Russian official sources, information of human rights organizations (human rights center Memorial and the Society of Russian-Chechen friendship), Russian and foreign mass media as well as information resources of separatists (the site ‘Kavkaz-center,’ information agency of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria [CRI] -Chechenpress). If the text has no reference to the official sources, it means that the information was received from human rights organizations or is widely disseminated in the mass media. »
IN A CLIMATE OF FEAR
Joint Publication of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Center “Demos”, Human Rights Center “Memorial”
“Political Process” and Parliamentary Elections in Chechnya »
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