The Polish news agency PAP has reported that Poland’s Supreme Court has ruled that evidence needs to be collected in order to ascertain whether charges against a former Chechen fighter are true.

Today is the fifteenth anniversary of our legendary President Dzhoxar Dudaev’s death. On April 21, 1996 Russian jets bombed his location in the village of Gekhi-Chu and he became Shaheed (insha’Allah).

Louiza Saitova, a Chechen refugee in the Netherlands, enamors local residents of the Friesland province with her songs in the Chechen rhythm.

Jarrett Iovine, a linguist specializing in English, Scandinavian languages, and Chechen, is proud to announce the release of a brand new dictionary app called Dosham. This is the first searchable English to Chechen dictionary app for Android devices and includes over 1700 words in the first version 1.0.

On March 3rd, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) notified the judgement case of Matayeva and Dadayeva v. Russia which is related to Russian occupied Chechnya. The case was about the disappearance of a Chechen man while he was at the government compound of Russian invaders in Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

The website Ichkeria.info has reported that an action group from the Chechen diaspora in Europe has called a for demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen on April 26, in protest of an official visit of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to Denmark.

The website Gruzya Online has reported that representatives of the Japanese Embassy in Georgia recently visited the Pankisi valley and met with residents of the area.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide has reported that Oleg Khabibrakhmanov, a spokesman for the Committee Against Torture is visiting the Netherlands and wants the Dutch government to put political pressure on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to order an investigation into human rights violations in Chechnya.

The trial against well-known human rights defender and IT entrepreneur Mikael Storsjö continued at the Vanta District Court on April 15.

Ukrainian media has reported that a 54-year old Chechen man was arrested in the city of Feodosiya in Crimea, Ukraine.

Local sources have reported that armed bandits from the puppet regime in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria abducted three men and one woman in Chechnya.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided on 11 April to award the 2011 Human Rights Prize to the Russian NGO “Committee Against Torture (Komitet Protiv Pytok)“, in recognition of its key role in assisting victims of serious human rights abuses.

Polish photographer Marek Maliszewski’s photo exhibition, “In the Middle of the Road” which depicts the lives of Chechen refugees in Łomża is opening on April 14th.

Local sources have reported that a male resident of Shatoy was abducted by bandits from the puppet regime in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Human Rights Center “Memorial” has reported that on April, 6 2011 Vakha Chapanov, head of the Ingush press agency ”IA-Maximum” was handed from the public prosecutor of Ingushetia ”a warning about inadmissibility of infringement of anti-extremism law”.

The Romanian media has reported that Romanian border guards have arrested a Chechen asylum seeker after he illegally crossed the Moldova-Romania border.

The Pax Christi Association website has reported that the European Court of Human Rights has suspended the extradition of Arbi Zarmaev from Belgium to the Russian Federation.

Earlier we reported the arrest of Muslim Deniyev, a Chechen refugee in France. On April 5, the Court of Appeal in Pau decided to extradite Muslim to Ukraine.

Finland’s Ombudsman for Minorities, Eva Biaudet, has asked the police to investigate statements by Juha Molari, Lutheran pastor in the Pohja congregation in Raasepori. The Ombudsman asked the police to see whether the content of Molari’s blog meets the criteria of inciting ethnic hatred.

The 30th Istanbul Film Festival has begun. French director Roman Goupil’s movie, “Hands Up” which criticizes France’s immigration policies through children will be shown in the section called “Human Rights in Cinema Competition”.

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

The Polish television channel TVN24 has reported that the General Prosecutor of Poland applied to the Supreme Court to reconsider the request of extradition to the Russian Federation for former Chechen fighter Adam Mamilov.