On March 8th, there is a chance to see Pekka Niskanen‘s new documentary “Virtual War” which is about Chechen refugees and filmed partly in online virtual reality “Second Life”.
On February 28, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) notified two judgement cases which is related to Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The cases are about the disappearance and murder of two Chechen men.
Adam Daghestani, a 10-year old ethnic Chechen continues to defeat all of his opponents and recently won the Schlick Kinner Classic Wrestling Tournament in the United States.
The Polish city of Płock will host one of the biggest MMA organizations, “Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki 18”. The famous Chechen fighter Mamed Khalidov will not appear in the ring, but another young Chechen, Anzor Aziev will follow in his footsteps.
The Russian prosecutor from the Stavropol region declared that Chechen activist Rubati Mitsaeva’s speech at the European Parliament will be added to the extremist materials list.
The press service of “The Organization of Former Prisoners of Russian Filtration Camps from the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (OUFKL-ChRI)” has reported that a protest against the extradition of a Chechen refugee in Belgium, was held in Finland.
The Association of European Ingushes (L’Association Europeen des Ingoushes – AEI) has sent open letters to the President and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
The Council of Chechen Refugees in Azerbaijan have appealed to the Swedish government as well as human rights defenders on behalf of Emilkhan Sadaev, a Chechen asylum seeker who faces extradition from Sweden to Russia.
The website Ichkeria.info has reported that Lom Ali Artsuev, a former member of Aslan Maskhadov’s Presidental Guard Unit, is risk for extradition from Sweden.
“The Organization of Former Prisoners of Russian Filtration Camps from the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (OUFKL-ChRI)” has published a press release about the urgent situation facing a Chechen asylum seeker in Belgium.
We have received a letter that was written at a school event by an eight year old Chechen child who lives with his disabled brother and sick mother at a refugee center somewhere in Europe.