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-In the Chechen Republic, Russian policemen get accustomed to doing anything they want to prisoners, says anti-torture-campaigner Igor Kalyapin, right. -These impulses they then bring back into the Russian police and court system where torture is already a well established method. (14-OCT-06)
 

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has sent the letter to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Poland encouraging a full and prompt investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Anna Politkovskaya as well as punishment of not only the perpetrators but also those standing behind them. (13-OCT-06)
 

The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) is appealing to the Russian government to allow UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, to visit its North Caucasus region on terms already agreed. (05-OCT-06)
 
 

Amnesty International has called on President Vladimir Putin to condemn the murder of Anna Politkovskaya and show that there can be no impunity for such crimes. This would demonstrate his support for human rights defenders and independent journalists and the vital and legitimate role they play in Russian society. (13-OCT-06) 
 

27 September Min Ko Naing, right, the famous student leader from the people´s uprising in 1988, was arrested together with two other student leaders. A few days later, three more activists were detained. Below, please find the links to petitions you can sign to support the demand towards Burmese authorities to release the student leaders. (13-OCT-06)
   

On October, 7th, on the 54-th anniversary of Vladimir Putin, internationally known Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed in Moscow. Anna Politkovskya was rather more the human rights activist than a journalist – it wasn’t enough for her just to write about people’s problems, she helped to solve these problems. (12-OCT-06)
 

As Islamic Republic of Iran returns to the forefront of the worlds’ political consciousness it is not just its uranium enrichment that continues to attract attention, but also its poor record on human rights and freedom of speech. Islamic Republic of Iran, labelled the biggest prison for journalists in the Middle East, came 164th in the 2005 worldwide press freedom index, taking it into the top 5 most repressive regimes in the world. The recent imprisonment of Isa Sahakhiz, pictured right, and the ban issued against the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights are two recent cases in point. (11-OCT-06)

Nearly 7,000 young people under 18 pass through the British juvenile prison system each year. Who speaks for the hundreds of children held in overcrowded juvenile jails? Government policy is failing both kids and their communities, and Britain currently has one of the highest numbers of young offenders in Europe. As young people are encouraged to take more responsibility for their actions, gaps in support services widen. (3-OCT-06)

On October, 7th, on the 54-th anniversary of Vladimir Putin, internationally known Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed in Moscow. Anna Politkovskya was rather more the human rights activist than a journalist – it wasn’t enough for her just to write about people’s problems, she helped to solve these problems.  (12-OCT-06)