Tag: Amnesty International
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Stop the Massacre in Chechnya! (Video)
July 13, 2010 | adminThe Amnesty International’s France branch released a video that explains Russian war crimes in Chechnya from the eyes of a nine year old Chechen child, Beslan!
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Let’s not Let Russia’s Charm Make us Forget the Atrocities! (Video)
June 15, 2010 | adminEarlier we have reported that activists welcomed Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to the French capital with a brief video clip and demanded from French authorities to fighting torture and racism in Russia should be on the agenda for Putin’s visit to France. Now we present you this effective video.
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M.Gazdiev: “Do not Stay Silent! Act!”
June 13, 2010 | adminAs national football teams fight it out at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, another team of Amnesty International is lined up to fight for human rights. The 11 members of “Stand Up United” defend human rights around the world. They have a common goal – equality, dignity and justice for all. One of them is from Ingushetia, he is Mukhmed Gazdiev.
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AI: Russia as in Usual: Threats, Tortures, Murders, Revanchism, Racism…
May 28, 2010 | adminOn May 27, the human rights organization Amnesty International presented its annual assessment of human rights worldwide.
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Tyrannybook – The Social Network To Keep An Eye On Tyrants
May 9, 2010 | adminAmnesty International Portugal and Leo Burnett Iberia launched Tyrannybook, a social network dedicated to the surveillance of some figures -includes Ramzan Kadirov- around the world who violate human rights the most.
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Ten Years on: No Justice for Victims of Chechen Killings
February 7, 2010 | admin“Today when I walk through Grozny I do not see the rebuilt houses or shops, I still see the dead and the faces of those who killed them,” Elvira Dombaeva, survivor of the Novy Aldy (New Aldy) killings.
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Ukraine Must Not Forcibly Extradite Disabled Chechen Man to Russia
January 15, 2010 | adminAmnesty International has urged the Ukrainian authorities not to extradite to Russia a disabled Chechen refugee amid fears he would be at risk of torture and other grave human rights violations.
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Open Letter to Dmitry Medvedev for Human Rights Defenders
October 6, 2009 | adminAmnesty International*, U.S. based human rights organization, calls to Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russian Federation for end attacks on human rights activists in North Caucasus and Russia.
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Human Rights Groups: “Russia! Protect Rights in North Caucasus!”
July 8, 2009 | adminSeven human rights organizations – the Swedish Helsinki Committee, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Memorial, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, the Austrian Helsinki Association and Amnesty International – are calling on the Russian authorities, including regional authorities, to adhere strictly to the rule of law in the North Caucasus to prevent the region from spiralling deeper into violence and human rights abuses.
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Memorial:”Kidnappings in North Caucasus Go Unsolved and Unpunished”
May 30, 2009 | adminMemorial said in a report released May 26 on the situation in the North Caucasus that more than 3,000 people have been kidnapped or disappeared without a trace in the region since 2000. According to the Russian human rights group, most of the abductions and disappearances have taken place in Chechnya, the victims’ fate remains unknown and no one has been held responsible for the crimes.









