Tag: Memorial
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Attack on the Office of Human Rights Organization in Chechnya
Human Rights Center “Memorial” has reported that armed and unknown men broke into the Human Rights Center in Grozny and threatened the staff of the organization. -
The 21st Century: Is it Still Possible to Hide Monstrous Crimes?
For several years, I have been working in the Human Rights Center “Memorial”. From the residents of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria I have heard one ... -
Situation for North Caucasian Prisoners Remains the Same
According to the Human Rights Center “Memorial”, relatives of those serving sentences in penal colonies have been in touch with them recently to complain about the ... -
Kadirov Issues Threats to Human Rights Defenders
On July 3, 2010 at 22.40 with Moscow time, in an interview to puppet TV channel “Grozny”, Ramzan Kadirov named members of Human Rights Center “Memorial” ... -
Joint Press Release of Human Rights Organizations for the Murder in Vienna
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Center “Memorial”, Civil Rights Defenders, Norvegian Helsinki Committee and People in Need published a joint press release for ... -
PACE Delegation Visited to North Caucasus
Human Rights Center “Memorial” reported that on March 24-26, 2010 the delegation of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) headed by Dick Marty – PACE ... -
Russian Tactics of Fighting Mujahedeen in Chechnya Do Not Change (PhotoNews)
Human Rights Center Memorial reported that national traitors in fighting with Chechen mujahedeen does not change and still comprises threats and pressure on relatives and putting ... -
Estemirova’s Colleagues in Chechnya Doubt That Her Real Killer will Ever be Detained
People in Chechnya are sceptical to the news that the murderer of the well-known human rights defender Natalya Estemirova, kidnapped and assassinated on July 15, 2009, ... -
Russia Seeks to Suppress UN Secret Prisons Report
Russia urged the U.N.’s top human rights body on 18 February to suppress a report on secret detention centers that includes interviews with unnamed Chechens alleging ... -
There was No Battle! (Photonews +18)
On February 11-12, 2010 a special operation was held at the border of the Chechenya and Ingushetia in the outskirts of the village of Arshty and ... -
Novy Aldy – A Past That Cannot Be Forgotten (Documentary Movie)
The film we present below is dedicated to the massacre in the village of Novy Aldy on February 5, 2000. This incident was one of the ... -
Events for Clean-up operation in New Aldy
On February 4, 2010, at 12:00, a press-conference “Cleansing in Novy Aldy (New Aldy) – To the 10th Anniversary of the Tragedy” organized at Independent Press ... -
Russian Activists Nominated for Nobel
Candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize include a Russian human rights group, a Chinese dissident and an inanimate object: the Internet, people who made the ... -
Memorial Returns to Chechnya
Russian human rights group Memorial has resumed its activities in Chechnya, the director of the group said today at a press conference after the Sakharov Prize ... -
Online Chat Opportunity with Oleg Orlov
The European Parliament presents a great opportunity to exchange with this year’s Sakharov Prize winner Oleg Orlov from Memorial, with organizing a web chat. -
Roginskiy Calls EU to Toughen Criticism on Russia
Kavkaz-Uzel reported, On Thursday, November 20, the Reception Centre of Foreign Press in Paris hosted a press conference of Arseniy Roginskiy, a well-known Russian historian, human ... -
Conferences for Chechnya in Sweden
Sweden has become the base of human rights defenders before the summit between European Union (EU) and Russia in Stockholm. The raising voice was on “Justice ... -
Memorial Received the Victor Gollancz Prize
On November 14, 2009, in Göttingen city of Germany, Human Rights Center “Memorial” received the Victor Gollancz* prize for defending rights of threatened peoples. -
Human Rights Defenders Came Together for Natalya Estemirova
Human rights defenders came together for Natalya at an event which name is “Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalya Estemirova”. -
Usam Baysayev: “Sadistic Methods are Using in Chechnya!”
El Periódico, a Catalan newspaper did an exclusive interview with Usam Baysayev, a member of Human Rights Center “Memorial” which was awarded with Sakharov Prize by ... -
New Effective Method for ECHR Applications in North Caucasus
Three abducted Chechen civilian have been released, after the new method of work by HRC Memorial and EHRAC.
