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Time and again in 2017 we saw how resilient, creative, and adaptable human rights defenders can be in the face of repression.

Seven human rights organisations launched a handbook for journalists covering the football World Cup in Russia.

On 4 January, Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen Parliament, posted on Instagram an image of a dog with its tongue tied in an apparent threatening caricature of Caucasian Knot editor-in-chief Grigory Shvedov. HRHF calls on the the local and Russian Federal authorities to condemn the threat.

Prominent investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on 7 October 2006. 10 years after her killing, many human rights organisations mark the anniversary and remember her work, her character, and courage.

On the 12 of July at the UN, high-level representatives from States, civil society and the private sector discussed the human rights situation in the world. There was also a first televised live debate with the candidates for Secretary General at the United Nations, which was open for questions from the public.

On 12 May 2016, the EU Parliament adopted a resolution on the Crimean Tatars. HRHN welcomes this resolution, and calls on Russia, as well as Ukraine and the international community, to address the deteriorating human rights situation in Crimea.

Fritt Ord and ZEIT-Stiftung awarded Elena Milashina – correspondent in the Northern Caucasus for Novaya Gazeta – one of three Free Media Prizes for Independent Journalism in Eastern Europe. HRHN welcomes this award and calls on the international community to support Milashina and other Russian journalists.

27-28 February, International experts joined ILIA program lawyers from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine to discuss the application of UN and Council of Europe human rights mechanisms.

Во вторник, 17 февраля российский юрист Илларион Васильев наблюдал слушание по делу адвоката по правам человека Интигама Алиева в Суде по тяжким преступлениям в Баку (Азербайджан). Свидетельство иллюстрирует то, что собой представляет зал суда в Азербайджане и как осуществляется правосудие в отношении одного из лидеров гражданского общества Азербайджана, арестованного в августе 2014 года в разгар беспрецедентных репрессий против гражданского общества.