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Russian Research Center for Human Rights Conference: two years results
Last Thursday, 3 of March, Conference of the Russian Research Center for Human Rights (RRCHR) took place. (09-MAR-05)
“Amnesty International” made a statement to the Russian government
The world´s largest HR defending organization “Amnesty International” made a statement to the Government of the Russian Federation with an appeal to take urgent measures on suppression of the further infringements of human rights in a context of confrontation in Chechen Republic. They ask to investigate all applications of human rights infringement cases and to give suspected infringements to the court. (02-MAR-05)
European Court Says the Russian Federation Abused Human Rights in Chechnya
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Russian Federation committed serious abuses, including the torture and killing of civilians, during its military offensives against separatists in the Chechen Republic. (24-FEB-05)
Human Rights Watch Accuses the Russian Federation of Widespread Torture, Murder in Chechnya
Human Rights Watch has accused the Russian Federation of establishing a regime of terror in breakaway Chechnya, with widespread kidnapping, torture and murder. According to the watchdog, Chechen civilians are being abducted at the rate of two a day by the authorities for interrogation purposes, the British Independent newspaper reported. The allegations came after Human Rights Watch carried out a two-week investigation in the Chechen Republic. (24-FEB-05)
Russian Soldiers’ Mothers Head go to London to talk about peace in Chechnya
Delegation of 4 activists from the Union of Committees of Soldiers’ Mothers set off for London on Thursday, 24 for talks with a Chechen rebel envoy on ways to stop the war in the Chechen Republic. Valentina Melnikova (picture), the head of the Union of Committees of Soldiers’ Mothers, a leading anti-draft group, said that the group would meet on Friday with Akhmed Zakayev, Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov’s envoy in London. (25-FEB-05)
3,000 Conscripts Die Annually in Russian Army
Yesterday, on 21 February, in the Independent press-centre has passed the conference devoted to the 15-anniversary of “Mother’s Right” Foundation, member-organization of the Russian research center for human rights. (22-FEB-05)
Protestors Demand Treatment for HIV-Infected Prisoners in Russia
15.02.05 About 20 people handcuffed themselves to the gates of the Justice Ministry in Moscow in protest at the treatment of HIV-infected prisoners in the Russian Federation. The protest came in response to the growing number of suicides in Russian prisons by HIV-infected inmates. Some of the protestors held up placards with the slogan “Treatment is a right — not a privilege”. (22-FEB-05)
Council of Europe Raps the Russian Federation Over Yukos Case, Demands Khodorkovsky Release
The Council of Europe passed a resolution on Tuesday questioning the legitimacy of the arrest and prosecution by Russian authorities of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other managers of the disintegrating Russian oil giant Yukos. The resolution questions the fairness, impartiality, and objectivity of the authorities, who, it said, appeared to have acted excessively, disregarding fundamental rights of defense. (28-JAN-05)
Russian MPs Retract Demand to Ban Jewish Organizations
A group of deputies from the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, has retracted a demand, sent earlier to the Prosecutor Genera´s Office, to ban all Jewish organizations in the Russian Federation. (28-JAN-05)