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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Human Rights House News - Russia - Moscow</title><link>http://humanrightshouse.org</link><description></description><language>en</language><copyright>Human Rights House Foundation</copyright><managingEditor>niels.jacob@humanrightshouse.org (Niels Jacob Harbitz)</managingEditor><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:30:30 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:50:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Noop 2.3</generator><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Russian citizens continue to fight for the right to gather freely</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14968&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14968.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Citizens have rallied in several Russian cities and abroad to demonstrate for the right to gather freely in the streets and to demand of the Russian government to grant its citizens their constitutional rights.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:30:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>В Москве прошла очередная акция в защиту Конституции</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14965&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14965.html&amp;d=1</link><description>31 августа 2010 года в Москве прошла очередная акция в защиту Конституции. Московские власти уже в одиннадцатый раз подряд отказали организаторам в согласовании митинга на Триумфальной площади, поэтому акция как обычно проходила в несанкционированном формате.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:05:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Два года назад был убит ингушский оппозиционер, адвокат и журналист Магомед Евлоев</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14963&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14963.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Ровно два года назад  Магомед Евлоев последний раз вернулся в Ингушетию. Летевший в одном самолете с  тогдашним президентом республики Муратом Зязиковым  и снятый по прибытии в ингушский аэропорт «Магас» прямо с трапа самолета министром МВД Мусой Медовым и его охраной, самый непримиримый борец с властью был жестоко и цинично убит.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:35:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Анне Политковской исполнилось бы 52 года</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14960&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14960.html&amp;d=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:50:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The head of the Presidential Council on Human Rights, Ella Pamfilova had tendered resignation</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14805&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14805.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Ella Pamfilova has refused to comment her decision to leave the post of the head of the Presidential Council on Human Rights. Human rights defenders hope her resignation will not be accepted.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:33:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Глава президентского Совета по правам человека Элла Памфилова подала заявление об отставке</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14806&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14806.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Элла Памфилова комментировать свое решение отказывается. Российские правозащитники надеются, что ее отставка не будет принята.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:33:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>В Чечне трагически погибла собкор «ДОШ» Малика Бетиева</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14804&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14804.html&amp;d=1</link><description>В результате ДТП на трассе Грозный-Шатой собственный корреспондент журнала &quot;ДОШ&quot; по Северному Кавказу Малика Бетиева погибла вместе со своими двумя сыновьями 14-ти и 12 лет, мужем и сестрой мужа.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:28:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Staff reporter of DOSH magazine Malika Betieva died in a car accident.</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14803&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14803.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Staff reporter of DOSH magazine Malika Betieva came to a tragic end along with her family members in Chechnya as a result of a road traffic accident on a track Grozny-Shatoy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:24:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Год без Наташи Эстемировой</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14689&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14689.html&amp;d=1</link><description>15 июля 2010 года исполнился год со дня убийства правозащитника, сотрудника Грозненского преставительства Правозащитного Центра &quot;Мемориал&quot; Натальи Эстемировой. В Москве и в Екатеринбурге коллеги провели пикеты и вечера в память о Наташе.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:03:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The court found the artists guilty</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14636&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14636.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Two men who organized a controversial art exhibition in Moscow in 2007 have been found guilty by a Russian court of inciting hatred. According to the court, the works displayed at the exhibition were &quot;a public offense to Christians.&quot;</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:01:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moscow authorities violated right to freedom of assembly again</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14343&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14343.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Human rights activists across Russia stage protests on the 31st day of January, March, May, July, August, October, and December to focus attention on Article 31 of the Russian Federation Constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly. The latest one was the ninth protest action of the kind which was not permitted by Moscow authorities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:04:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia must give Aleksei Sokolov a fair trial</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14324&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14324.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Russian human rights activist and the head of an organization campaigning against torture Aleksei Sokolov has been sentenced to five years in a high security prison colony, one year after his arrest by police outside his house in Yekaterinburg. Aleksei Sokolov was charged with robbery.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 20:00:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>В Воронеже продвигаются европейские стандарты защиты прав человека</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14285&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14285.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Двухдневный семинар «Практика взаимодействия государственных и негосударственных правозащитных институтов в сфере продвижения европейских стандартов защиты прав человека на национальном уровне» проходил в Воронеже 20 и 21 мая.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 12:51:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Human rights seminar in Voronezh</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14284&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/14284.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Representatives of public authorities and non government organizations in Voronezh seek ways to apply European standards of international human rights law more effectively.</description><author>hrightscenter@gmail.com (HRH Moscow/Olga Komaritskaya)</author><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 12:45:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CPJ calls for information on Natalya Estemirova murder</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13538&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13538.html&amp;d=1</link><description>The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities investigating the July 2009 murder of prominent Russian journalist and human rights defender Natalya Estemirova to publicize their progress on the case seven months after the crime.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:45:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia continues to deny the obvious</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13504&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13504.html&amp;d=1</link><description>The Russian authorities responded with indignation to the publication of the report on secret prisons.</description><author>hrightscenter@gmail.com (HRH Moscow)</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:13:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kadyrov drops charges against two human rights defenders but pressure continues</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13406&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13406.html&amp;d=1</link><description>The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), takes note of the announcement of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov's decision to withdraw the complaints filed against two prominent human rights defenders, but remains concerned about the continuing threats faced by defenders in the Chechen Republic.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:45:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia commemorates anniversary of Markelov and Baburova killings</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13128&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13128.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Despite the fact that Moscow authorities allowed two demonstrations on January 19 to mark the anniversary of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, some 60 citizens were taken to the police, accused of violating the law.</description><author>hrightscenter@mail.ru (HRH/Moscow)</author><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:08:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian ratification of Protocol 14 is good news, but more is needed</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13136&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/13136.html&amp;d=1</link><description>-The Norwegian Helsinki Committee welcomes this important move, says Secretary General Bjørn Engesland.  – Protocol 14 simplifies the procedures of European Court, adds Deputy Secretary General Gunnar M. Ekeløve-Slydal. - But it may not solve the problem of the precarious human rights situation in Russia and lack of trust by its citizens in domestic institutions and remedies.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:26:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Urgent action required in disappearance and death threat case in Chechnya</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12827&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12827.html&amp;d=1</link><description>The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in a recent case of enforced disappearance, with allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment, death threats, fear for safety, and risk of impunity in the Russian Federation / Chechnya. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and HRHF has written a joint letter to Russian authorities on the same case. Follow the link to the letter below.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:44:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Press freedom prize awarded to Israeli reporter and Chechen magazine Dosh</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12699&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12699.html&amp;d=1</link><description>The 2009 Reporters Without Borders - Fnac Press Freedom Prize was awarded today to Israeli newspaper reporter Amira Hass and the Chechen quarterly Dosh at a ceremony hosted by journalist Bernard de La Villardière at the Espace Fondation EDF in Paris.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:20:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Statement of Russian human rights activists</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12691&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12691.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Russian human rights defenders are concerned about the human rights situation in Chechnya. The alarm is progressing because the powers, both on federal and on regional levels do not make any serious efforts to investigate the violations of human rights in the region and sometimes even stand in the way of independent investigations.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:56:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian President discussed problems with human rights activists</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12593&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12593.html&amp;d=1</link><description>Dmitry Medvedev met with members of the presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights for the second time during the year. The president said that following the results of the first meeting held in April. Representatives of civil society hope their meeting with the president will be as effective as the previous one.</description><author>hrightcenter@gmail.ru (HRH Moscow/Olga Komaritskaya)</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:16:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Electronic HR education for lawyers: call for applications launched</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12569&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12569.html&amp;d=1</link><description>The Human Rights House Foundation together with HRH Network members in Azerbaijan, Belarus and Russia and partners in Georgia has launched a new project, Electronic Human Rights Education for Lawyers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:00:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Impunity for Kyrgyz secret services</title><guid>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12547&amp;d=1</guid><link>http://humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/12547.html&amp;d=1</link><description>On the night of 18 November, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee announced via Twitter the dramatic news from HR Center Memorial that one of their employees, Russian citizen Bakhrom Khamroev, had been arrested by the Kyrgyz security services, and later that he had been deported to Moscow.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:57:29 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>