The press center of the State Border Committee of Belarus has reported that three Chechen asylum seekers were detained by Belarusian border guards while they were trying to cross Belarus-Lithuania border.

The Louise Weiss Prize 2011, an award for journalism, was given to French journalist Blaise Gauquelin for his investigative article about the assassinations of opponents of Ramzan Kadyrov.

On May 9, the Vantaa District Court in Finland gathered to give their final decision on allegations against Finnish human rights defender Mikael Storsjö and Turkish citizen Deni Berkat. The court decided that there is no crime!

Local sources have reported that a young man was abducted in Grozny by thugs from the puppet regime in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

The French media has preferred to present the high profile assassination of Abdulla Erzanukayev as a basic murder and reported that a suspect has been arrested.

The website Daymohk has reported that Abdulla Erzanukayev, a Chechen refugee and former businessman, was shot dead in France.

Mary Robinson, president of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, presented the annual Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk to the Joint Mobile Group from the Russian Federation for their outstanding work investigating torture and disappearances in Chechnya despite the serious risks.

On May 3, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Russia in three different cases related with Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Two of the cases are about killing civilians during Russian air raids, and the other one is about unlawful detention and disapperance of two young brothers in Chechnya.

The Polish website Kulturaonline.pl has reported that from June 22nd until July 11st, children from Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Norway, and the Czech Republic, as well as Chechen refugee children will take part in the 7th Brave Festival, which will be held in Wroclaw, Poland under the Brave Kids project.

During April of 2011, Chechen athletes participated in competitions and achieved good results in wrestling, boxing, and gymnastics in different parts of Europe.

The annual report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has published. The commission demands from the U.S. authorities have to impose a ban on issuing a U.S. visa and to freeze all assets of Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the puppet regime in Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Radio EkhoKavkaza has reported that Solyakh Isayev, former coordinator of the Chechen NGO “Let’s Save the Generation” has been arrested and placed in a deportation prison in Norway.

Local sources have reported that on April 26 four male civilians were abducted by gang members from the puppet regime in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Chechen refugee Arbi Zarmaev, who was being kept in a Belgian prison and was facing extradition to Russia, was released on April 26.

Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snällposten, a daily Swedish newpaper, has published the open letter of human rights activits in connection with the visit of Vladimir Putin in Sweden.

The website Chechenews.com has reported that on April 26, a group of people held a protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen in response to an official visit by Vladimir Putin to Denmark.

Taking into account the presumptive individual responsibility of Vladimir Putin concerning thousands of war crimes in Chechnya, it is remarkable that Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has invited him to Sweden.

La Dépêche du Midi, a regional daily newspaper in France, has published an article about an 11-year old Chechen wrestler in Albi, France.

Local sources have reported that a male resident of the Urus-Martan district was abducted from his home by gangsters in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Local sources have reported that a young male civilian was abducted in Achkoi-Martan by bandits from the puppet regime in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

The Czech website Blisty.cz has published a striking article about the activities of Russian representatives in Czech asylum facilities.

The daily Estonian newspaper “Posttimees” has reported that Estonian parliamentarians have created a group called, “In Defense of Human Rights in the North Caucasus” which aims to draw attention to the increasingly expanding human rights abuses in the region.