May 29, 2010 | admin

In the summer of 2004, two years and four months before she was gunned down in the entrance to her Moscow apartment, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya made a bold visit to Chechnya to interview 27-year-old Ramzan Kadirov, who had recently become (with the Kremlin’s blessing) the republic’s de-facto leader. It proved to be a harrowing experience. When they met face to face, Kadirov could not contain his rage at Politkovskaya for reporting on his brutal rise to power, even threatening to have her shot. Politkovskaya concluded later that “a little dragon has been raised by the Kremlin. Now they need […]

March 16, 2010 | admin

Israpil Shovkhalov, editor-in-chief and Abdulla Duduev, chief-editor, of the Chechen independent magazine “Dosh”, detained by unknown power agents in Ingushetia, told the details of the incident which was happened on March 9.

January 4, 2010 | admin

Human rights activists have become the “new dissidents” in Russia under the government of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, according to human rights organizations.

November 4, 2009 | admin

Zarema Gaysanova, 40 years old, a ngo staff member, was kidnapped from her house in Grozny by unknown armed people on October 31.

September 1, 2009 | admin

NGO members have held an action in Chechnya in memory of the human rights activists and journalists, who were assassinated or fell victim of extrajudicial executions, with participation of Lyudmila Alekseeva, chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG).