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Aleksandr Cherkasov on post-Soviet wars: how to break the chain of impunity

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 13, 2022
Post category:1990s Aleksandr Cherkasov Chechnya Human Rights Defenders O strane i mire Putin Putinism Telegram Ukraine Vladimir Putin War Yeltsin
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Photo: Nikita Mouraviev 11 December 2022 by Aleksandr Cherkasov [a translation of an abbreviated version of Aleksandr Cherkasov's presentation at the 'Russian Realities' online conference] Source: Facebook [original source: O…

Read more about the article ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Zarema Musaeva, wife of a retired federal judge and mother of the Yangulbaev brothers active in the Chechen opposition, is a political prisoner

‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Zarema Musaeva, wife of a retired federal judge and mother of the Yangulbaev brothers active in the Chechen opposition, is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 31, 2022
Post category:Chechnya Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Political Prisoners Political Prisoners. Memorial Rights Groups in Russia Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial Zarema Musaeva
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26 August 2022 Chechen law enforcement officers took Zarema Musaeva from Nizhny Novgorod to Grozny, where she was remanded in custody on trumped-up charges. Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human…

Read more about the article 22 years before Bucha. Human rights activist Oleg Orlov on how Memorial investigated civilian murders in Chechnya [Mediazona]

22 years before Bucha. Human rights activist Oleg Orlov on how Memorial investigated civilian murders in Chechnya [Mediazona]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 13, 2022
Post category:Chechnya Human Rights Defenders Mediazona Memorial Memorial Human Rights Centre Novye Aldi Oleg Orlov Samashki
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8 April 2022 By Dima Shvets Source: Mediazona During the two wars in Chechnya, soldiers in the Russian army were accused more than once of killing civilians during mop-up operations.…

Aleksandr Podrabinek: An Epidemic of Obscurantism and Lawlessness

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 11, 2022
Post category:Aleksandr Podrabinek Chechnya Human Rights Defenders Putin Putinism Ramzan Kadyrov
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2 February 2022 Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV Obscurantism and barbaric traditions have been moldering for a long time, but now they’ve blazed up full blast. For over a year, it’s…

Ekho Moskvy editorial board: ‘We ask the President of the Russian Federation to intervene in the situation’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 9, 2022
Post category:Chechnya Dozhd TV Ekho Moskvy Journalists Novaya gazeta Ramzan Kadyrov
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2 February 2022 By the editorial board of Ekho Moskvy Source: Ekho Moskvy In connection with the threats made against our colleagues from Novaya gazeta and Dozhd* TV channel by…

Person of the Week: Khalimat Taramova, forcibly taken by Chechen police from a women’s shelter in Dagestan

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 19, 2021
Post category:Chechnya Person of the Week Prohibition of Discrimination Women's Rights
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Week-ending 18 June 2021 On 10 June Khalimat Taramova, the daughter of an associate of Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was forcibly taken by police from a shelter for battered women…

Elena Milashina: ‘I can’t tolerate cowards.’ Why I am refusing the Franco-German Prize For Human Rights

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 23, 2021
Post category:Chechnya Elena Milashina Journalists Magomed Gadaev Novaya gazeta
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9 April 2021 by Elena Milashina, columnist of Novaya Gazeta, winner of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] UPDATED 11.04.2021: The Novy Urengoy police have…

Read more about the article Quote for the Week. ‘French authorities outrageously proceeded with Gadaev’s expulsion despite the decision by the national asylum court prohibiting his expulsion if it meant his return to Russia due to substantiated fears for his life and safety’ – from a statement by 12 human rights organisations

Quote for the Week. ‘French authorities outrageously proceeded with Gadaev’s expulsion despite the decision by the national asylum court prohibiting his expulsion if it meant his return to Russia due to substantiated fears for his life and safety’ – from a statement by 12 human rights organisations

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 17, 2021
Post category:Chechnya Quote for the Week
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Week-ending 16 April 2021 'Chechen police abducted Magomed Gadaev, an asylum seeker from Chechnya, in the Russian Federation, and a key witness in a high-profile torture investigation against Chechnya’s authorities, two days after…

Memorial Human Rights Centre: Salman Tepsurkaev, who was abducted, is a political prisoner

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 14, 2021
Post category:Chechnya Freedom of Expression Prohibition of Torture Right to Liberty and Security Rights Groups in Russia Salman Tepsurkaev Uncategorized
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7 April 2021 Salman Tepsurkaev, a 19-year-old moderator of the oppositionist Telegram channel 1ADAT that reported on human rights violations in Chechnya, was abducted in early September 2020 Source: Memorial…

Dmitry Makarov and Oleg Orlov on the prospects of the investigation into Kadyrov’s threats

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 14, 2021
Post category:Chechnya Dmitry Makarov Human Rights Defenders Oleg Orlov Ramzan Kadyrov
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8 April 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group On 7th April 2021, the Supreme Court of Chechnya ordered the case concerning Ramzan Kadyrov's public threats to human rights defenders and journalists…