Articles

Full report on presidential election in the Chechen Republic now available

Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), a member of the Moscow Human Rights House, has completed its report on the presidential elections in the Chechen Republic. ´Presidential Election in the Chechen Republic – October 2003. Human Rights Context,´ is available in both Russian and English, and will be launched at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe this month. (18-JAN-2004)

Published: January 22, 2004

Prior to the writing of the report, MHG´s experts visited the Chechen Republic on three occasions; once in September for preparatory works, once in October for the actual elections, and once in December as a follow up mission. In addition to monitoring the federal level electorate system, the MHG experts also followed the print and broadcast media. Finally, the whole human rights context was kept under close scrutiny as well. Based on the findings, and in addition to the book that is now available, MHG issued six electronic information bulletins, also bilingual.

The whole project was made possible thanks to the support of the Human Rights House Network. The publications and other material is available at MHG´s website; www.mhg.ru

Latest

Articles

November 14, 2025

HRHF søker Kommunikasjonsleder

Vil du bruke din kommunikasjonskraft til å beskytte organisasjonsfriheten, løfte menneskerettighetsforkjempere og styrke sivilsamfunnets stemme?

Interviews

November 10, 2025

Serbia: “The government’s ‘expecting violence’ rhetoric is a clear warning sign… that they’re preparing to create it.”

In November, Serbia marks one year since the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, and the subsequent student protests sparked by it. Today, despite growing international attention, concerns over the country’s human rights situation are deepening, and civil society warns about escalating repression as the government responds to dissent. Human Rights House Foundation spoke with Jovana Spremo, Advocacy Director at the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), about this situation and more.

Opinion

November 6, 2025

Vi stenger døren for dem som forsvarer menneskerettighetene

Det har blitt langt vanskeligere for menneskerettighetsforsvarere å få visum til Norge og andre Schengen-land. Dermed hindres de i å delta der beslutningene tas, og vi bidrar til å svekke kampen for rettigheter og demokrati.