Extra-Judicial Killing

Read more about the article Remember the Date: On 23 November 2006 Aleksandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning

Remember the Date: On 23 November 2006 Aleksandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning

Aleksandr Litvinenko in 2002. Source: Wikipedia On 23 November 2006 the former Russian intelligence officer Aleksandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning in London. As The Moscow Times reports, on 1…

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Read more about the article ECtHR Ruling of the Week: In Carter v. Russia, the ECtHR found failure to comply with Article 38 and violation of Article 2 under substantive and procedural limbs.

ECtHR Ruling of the Week: In Carter v. Russia, the ECtHR found failure to comply with Article 38 and violation of Article 2 under substantive and procedural limbs.

Week-ending 24 September 2021 This week the European Court of Human Rights handed down one judgment in relation to Russia. This was in the high profile case of Carter v.…

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Read more about the article Memorial Human Rights Centre: The murder of Natasha Estemirova 12 years on

Memorial Human Rights Centre: The murder of Natasha Estemirova 12 years on

15 July 2021 Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre Twelve years ago, Natasha Estemirova, our colleague, friend and fellow activist, was kidnapped and murdered. Natasha…

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Read more about the article Remember the Date: Natalia Estemirova was murdered on 15 July 2009

Remember the Date: Natalia Estemirova was murdered on 15 July 2009

On 15 July 2009 human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, a staff member of the Memorial Human Rights Centre’s office in Grozny, Chechnya, was abducted and killed. That morning, Natalia Estemirova was carried…

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Read more about the article Elena Milashina: Kadyrov Regiment Senior Sergeant Suleyman Gezmakhmayev speaks out for the first time about the extrajudicial killings of Chechnya residents without hiding the names of the executioners

Elena Milashina: Kadyrov Regiment Senior Sergeant Suleyman Gezmakhmayev speaks out for the first time about the extrajudicial killings of Chechnya residents without hiding the names of the executioners

15 March 2021 By Elena Milashina, a journalist at Novaya gazeta, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] Kadyrov Regiment Senior Sergeant Suleyman…

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Read more about the article CSO of the Week: Novaya gazeta is victim of possible chemical attack after it reports on extra-judicial killings in Chechnya

CSO of the Week: Novaya gazeta is victim of possible chemical attack after it reports on extra-judicial killings in Chechnya

Week-ending 19 March 2021 On Monday, 15 March 2021, Novaya gazeta, an independent newspaper founded in 1993, said it believes the entrance to its Moscow offices was subject to a…

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