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Peace initiative of the Russian Soldier´s Mothers Committee have been ruined under the pressure of authorities. (30-NOV-04)
 

The Union of Soldiers´ Mothers Committees, memeber organization of the Russian Reaserch Center for Human Rights, proposed to negotiate with the commanders of Chechen separatists. Valentina Melnikova (picture), the chairwoman of the Union of the Soldiers Mothers Committees of Russia said that in a telephone conversation with Zakayev, the exiled envoy offered to start negotiations, and she agreed on a “meeting in a Western European capital in November”. (09-NOV-04)
 

Human Rights Watch called on Russian authorities to fight hazing in the Russian Army, where two years of service are mandatory for all Russian males, and killings and suicides claim dozens of lives every year. The group called hazing one of Russia´s biggest human rights problems. (09-NOV-04)
 

At least 2,000 people gathered on Pushkin Square on Saturday 23 of October to call for an end to the war in the Chechen Republic. It was one of the largest antiwar protests in years and also provided a rare public platform for broader criticism of President Vladimir Putin´s rule. (09-NOV-04)

Two Russian human rights activists – Natalya Estemirova, 40, a journalist and teacher, and Sergey Kovalev (picture), president of Russia´s Human Rights Institute – are nominees for the European Parliament´s top human rights award. Both have been actively campaigning against use of force in the Chechen Republic. (06-OCT-2004)
 

Russian Federation before and after Beslan in Human Rights Watch discussion. In September, 2004 the World has been shocked by the awful tragedy which has occurred in Beslan. The problem of terrorism rises in our everyday life more sharply. (07-OCT-04)
 

The Helsinki Commission has released a report on violations of human rights in OSCE member states that are taking part in the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation meeting that starts in Warsaw on Monday. In particular, the authors of the report surveyed the plight of people from the Caucasus region and the Romany minority in the Russian Federation. (05-OCT-04)
 

Director of the Human Rights House “Russian Research Center for Human Rights”, Vinogradova Lubov (picture), says that the human rights defenders of the Center are deeply disappointed with the Russian authorities´ reaction to the tragic events in Beslan. (08-SEP-04)
 

A coalition of Russian and international human rights organizations united today to condemn in the strongest terms the taking hostage and killing of hundreds of children, parents and teachers by a group of armed men and women in a school in the city of Beslan, North Ossetia, in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. (08-SEP-04)